Patent 7801569 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods for providing distinctive vibration alerts are described herein. In different aspects, the methods may include sensing an event and determining a corresponding vibration definition for the event based on one or more properties of the event. The methods also include providing the corresponding vibration definition. The methods then further include producing mechanical vibrations of the device based on the vibration definition.