Providing tactile feedback incident to touch actions

摘要

A method, system, and medium are provided for providing tactile feedback in association with contact to a touchscreen display of a mobile device. One embodiment of the method includes receiving a touch input to a touchscreen display area provided by a user of the mobile device. The touch input selects a predetermined region within the touchscreen display area. Incident to the touch input of the predetermined region, a mechanical indicator on the rear of the mobile device is physically manipulated to provide an indication to the user that the predetermined region was selected by the user.

主权项

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of providing tactile feedback in association with touchscreen displays of mobile devices, the method comprising:
providing at least one predetermined region within a touchscreen display of a mobile device, the at least one predetermined region corresponding with an operation or a functionality; recognizing one of the at least one predetermined regions selected by a user via the touchscreen display on a front side of the mobile device; and identifying a mechanical indicator to physically manipulate based on the predetermined region selected by the user, wherein the mechanical indicator is positioned on the rear side of the mobile device in a location aligned with the one of the at least one predetermined region such that the user can identify which of the at least one predetermined region was selected based on the physical manipulation of the corresponding mechanical indicator.