Patent ID: 7019622
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a housing; a processor circuit including a plurality of different operating states including an in-use state and a non-use state, and an output having a plurality of different states corresponding to at least some of said different operating states including a first intensity state corresponding to said in-use state and a second different intensity state corresponding to said non-use state; a vibrator within said housing, said vibrator adapted to vibrate said housing at a plurality of different intensities; a control circuit adapted to activate said vibrator at a first one of said different intensities responsive to the first intensity state of the output of said processor circuit and corresponding to said in-use state of said different operating states, and at a second one of said different intensities responsive to the second different intensity state of the output of said processor circuit and corresponding to said non-use state of said different operating states; and a power source adapted to power at least one of said processor circuit, said vibrator and said control circuit.