Keyboard backlight event messaging system

An information handling system (IHS), comprising:

• a chassis;
• a keyboard connector that is located on the chassis and that is configured to couple to a backlit keyboard that includes:
• a plurality of keys;
• and
• a plurality of light emitting subsystems, where each respective light emitting subsystem of the plurality of light emitting subsystems is configured to backlight a respective key of the plurality of keys;
• and
• a controller that is coupled to the keyboard connector and that is configured to:
• receive event messaging information that is associated with an event;
• and
• provide an instruction through the keyboard connector that is configured to activate a subset of a plurality of light emitting subsystems according to an event messaging sequence defined by the event messaging information in order to backlight a respective subset of the plurality of keys to provide an event message.

A method for providing event messaging, comprising:

• receive, by a controller that is included in a computing system and coupled to a backlit keyboard, event messaging information that is associated with an event that is occurring in the computing system;
• and
• activating, by the controller, a subset of a plurality of light emitting subsystems included on the backlit keyboard according to an event messaging sequence defined by the event messaging information;
• wherein the activation of the subset of the plurality of light emitting subsystems according to the event messaging sequence results in the backlighting of a plurality of keys included on the backlit keyboard to provide an event message.