Abstract

The invention concerns a method (300) and system (110) for electronically generating random responses in a portable electronic device (110). The method includes the steps of detecting (316) motion of the portable electronic device, in response to the detecting step, generating (318) the random response and outputting (320) the random response to a user of the portable electronic device. The method can further include the steps of prompting (312) the user to ask a question and following a predetermined time period after prompting the user to ask the question, prompting (314) the user to shake the portable electronic device. The prompted question can be answerable with a yes or no.

Department(s)

Economics

Patent Application Number

US10/867,618

Patent Number

US20050287506A1

Document Type

Patent

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2005 Motorola Solutions Inc, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

29 Dec 2005

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