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US 2011/0238867 A1Published application
Computer Device Output Setting Indicator
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorPeter J. Halpin
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Abstract
A computer device comprises an output monitor configured to determine an output configuration setting for the computer device and automatically actuate an output setting indicator corresponding to the output configuration setting.
Claims13
1-28. (canceled)
A notebook computer, comprising:
- a display screen;
- a connector port located on a base of the notebook computer;
- an output setting indicator configured to display on the display screen;
- and
- an output monitor configured to activate the output setting indicator,
- wherein the output setting indicator visually indicates when the connector port is enabled for communicating data with an external device through the connector port and when the connector port is not enabled for communicating data with the external device through the connector port.
3 more elements
A computer device comprising:
- a display screen;
- a connector port located on an external surface of the computer device;
- an output setting indicator configured to display on the display screen;
- and
- an output monitor configured to activate the output setting indicator,
- wherein the output setting indicator displays an indication on the display screen indicating when the connector port is enabled for communicating data with an external device through the connector port and when the connector port is disabled for communicating data with the external device through the connector port.
3 more elements
The computer device of claim 34, wherein the indication on the display screen includes text stating that the connector port is enabled and text stating that the connector port is disabled.
A method executed by a computer device, comprising:
- detecting, by the computer device, one of an enabled status and a disabled status for a connector port located on the computer device;
- and
- visually indicating on a display screen of the computer device when the connector port is enabled for communicating data with an external device through the connector port and when the connector port is not enabled for communicating data with the external device through the connector port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.