Patent ID: 8180296

Claim:
A user device operable within a wireless interaction system, the user device comprising: a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with a host device, the transceiver configured to communicate with the host device when the transceiver and the host device are located within a short range of each other; a processor configured to detect a plurality of specific interaction events between the user device and the host device, and to select a haptic effect from a plurality of haptic effects for each specific interaction event when the specific interaction event occurs; and a haptic actuator configured to impose the haptic effect selected by the processor to a user when the processor determines that the specific interaction event has occurred, wherein the plurality of specific interaction events includes the user device and the host device being brought within range of each other, an establishment of a wireless connection between the user device and the host device, a loss of the wireless connection between the user device and the host device, and a start or completion of a financial transaction.