Patent ID: 9621706
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A method of haptic communication at a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving an input gesture from a user; determining an intensity of the input gesture, a frequency of the input gesture, a duration of the input gesture, a direction of the input gesture, or a combination thereof; saving the intensity of the input gesture, the frequency of the input gesture, the duration of the input gesture, the direction of the input gesture, or the combination thereof; associating the input gesture with a telephone number stored in a phone book at the wireless device; generating an input gesture message from the input gesture based on the association, wherein the input gesture message is operable for transmission to a receiving wireless device having the telephone number and configured to produce a haptic output at the receiving wireless device based on the input gesture; transmitting the input gesture message to the receiving wireless device; determining whether a response to the input gesture message is received from the receiving wireless device; automatically increasing the intensity of the input gesture, the frequency of the input gesture, the duration of the input gesture, the direction of the input gesture, or the combination thereof if no response to the input gesture message has been received from the receiving wireless device; querying the user whether to transmit a second input gesture message based upon a determination that no response to the input gesture message has been received from the receiving wireless device; generating the second input gesture message based upon a decision by the user to transmit the second input gesture message and based on the automatic increase of the intensity of the input gesture, the frequency of the input gesture, the duration of the input gesture, the direction of the input gesture, or the combination thereof, wherein the second input gesture message is operable for transmission to the receiving wireless device; and transmitting the second input gesture message to the receiving wireless device.