COMMUNICATION USING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting, by a first device communicably coupled to a second device, an event associated with the first device;
in response to the event, producing, by the first device, a sensory output indicating the event;
determining a pattern in the sensory output; and
transmitting instructions to the second device to emit light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the sensory output, wherein the light is emitted concurrently with the sensory output.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating information. An event is detected. A light effect is emitted in response to the detected event. The emitted light effect simulates the detected event or a sensory output associated with the detected event.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting, by a first device communicably coupled to a second device, an event associated with the first device; in response to the event, producing, by the first device, a sensory output indicating the event; determining a pattern in the sensory output; and transmitting instructions to the second device to emit light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the sensory output, wherein the light is emitted concurrently with the sensory output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A first device, comprising:
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an interface to a second device one or more processors; a storage medium; and instructions stored in the storage medium and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions to; detect an event associated with the first device; in response to the event, producing, by the device, a sensory output indicating the event; determining a pattern in the sensory output produced; and transmit, through the interface, instructions to the second device to emit light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the sensory output, wherein the light is emitted concurrently with the sensory output. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product, encoded on a machine-readable storage device or substrate, operable to cause a data processing apparatus comprising a light-emitting device to perform operations comprising:
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detecting an event associated with a first device, wherein the first device is communicably coupled to a second device; in response to the event, producing, by the mobile device, a sensory output indicating the event; determining a pattern in the sensory output produced; and transmitting, from the first device to the second device, instructions to emit light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the sensory output, wherein the light is emitted concurrently with the sensory output. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system, comprising:
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means for detecting, by a first device communicably coupled to a second device, an event associated with the first device; in response to the event, means for producing, by the first device, a sensory output indicating the event; means for determining a pattern in the sensory output; and means for transmitting instructions to the second device to emit light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the sensory output, wherein the light is emitted concurrently with the sensory output.
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21. A method comprising:
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detecting an event associated with a first device, wherein the first device is communicably coupled to a second device; interrupting a normal mode of emission and switching to an event mode of emission, where the normal mode conveys specified device information using an emission of a particular normal mode light effect; determining a pattern in the event mode of emission; in response to switching to the event mode of emission, transmitting instructions to the second device to emit an event mode light that substantially simulates the determined pattern in the event mode of emission.
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