Patent ID: 9571891
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A computing device for live opinion polling, comprising: a touchscreen; a division of the touchscreen into four zones: a first zone, a second zone, a third zone, and a fourth zone; and a haptic generator that provides a vibrational feedback to said computing device to discriminate each zone of the four zones in tactile communication with a user, wherein each tactile communication of an input element to the touchscreen is defined by a contact point, wherein the first zone is associated with a numeric rating scale ranging from more than 0.0 to 1.0, wherein the second zone is associated with a numeric rating scale ranging from more than 1.0 to 2.0, wherein the third zone is associated with a numeric rating scale ranging from more than 2.0 to 3.0, and wherein the fourth zone is associated with a numeric rating scale ranging from more than 3.0 to 4.0, wherein the vibrational feedback provides a neutral zone wherein the frequency is zero, and wherein the vibrational feedback is a ramped vibration, wherein the frequency of the ramped vibration increases continuously when the contact point moves toward a zone of a higher numeric rating, and wherein the frequency of the ramped vibration decreases continuously when the contact point moves toward a zone of a lower numeric rating.