Patent ID: 8787122

Claim:
A method for reporting a particular time, composed of an hour and a minute, using vibration, the method comprising: a computer assigning a distinct vibration to each of a plurality of hour regions, each of the hour regions being associated with a number of hours; the computer assigning a distinct vibration to each of a plurality of minute regions, each of the minute regions being associated with a number of minutes; the computer producing an hour sequence composed of one or more vibrations, at least one of the one or more vibrations being the distinct vibration assigned to an hour region of the plurality of hour regions, where one of the number of hours associated with the hour region is the hour of the particular time; in response to the hour of the particular time being a first hour of the three hours associated with the hour region, the computer producing zero short vibrations; in response to the hour of the particular time being a second hour of the three hours associated with the hour region, the computer producing one short vibration; in response to the hour of the particular time being a third hour of the three hours associated with the hour region, the computer producing two short vibrations; and the computer producing a minute sequence composed of one or more vibrations, at least one of the one or more vibrations being the distinct vibration assigned to a minute region of the plurality of minute regions, where one of the number of minutes associated with the minute region is the minute of the particular time, and where the minute sequence represents an approximation of the minute of the particular time.