Patent ID: 8098856
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04R

Abstract:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a housing that encloses a processor and a speaker; a display located on the housing, wherein the display is in communication with the processor; a keypad located on the housing, wherein the keypad is in communication with the processor, and wherein the keypad is responsive to user input for navigating a cursor within the display; and a three dimensional audio system in communication with the processor and the speaker, wherein the three dimensional audio system audibly indicates navigational movement of the cursor within the display via the speaker by variations in one or more of time delay, pitch, tone and volume, such that the three dimensional audio system is configured to make sound emitted by the speaker appear to originate from any of a plurality of locations in a cursor virtual three dimensional space, and such that the three dimensional audio system is configured to make the sound emitted by the speaker appear to originate from wherever the cursor is located on the display.