Patent ID: 8421770

Claim:
A mobile communications device comprising: a radio that facilitates wireless communication with a telecommunications network; a vibration component that creates a vibrational response of the mobile communications device; a touchscreen that receives input by way of a touch action; and a processor coupled to the vibration component and to the touchscreen, wherein the processor is configured to help coordinate the vibrational response to a movement of an object within a first portion of the touchscreen such that A) a movement of the object in a first direction results in a first real-time vibrational output that continuously varies in frequency with the movement of the object in the first direction, until the object moves into a second portion of the touchscreen, wherein movement of the object in the first direction within the second portion of the touchscreen results in a second real-time vibrational output having a different slope of a change in frequency with respect to movement of the object than the first real-time vibrational output, and that B) a movement of the object in a second direction results in a third real-time vibrational output that continuously varies in frequency with the movement of the object in the second direction differently than the first real-time vibrational output, until the object moves into a third portion of the touchscreen, wherein movement of the object in the second direction within the third portion of the touchscreen results in a fourth real-time vibrational output having a different slope of a change in frequency with respect to movement of the object than the third real-time vibrational output.