Digital feedback display panel for communicating computer status information

A method of providing digital computer status feedback for a user, the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a status notification message for a computer system;
• and
• communicating feedback to a user through a digital feedback display panel integrated with a computer housing of the computer system based on the status notification message;
• and
• communicating initialization feedback to the user on the digital feedback display panel before the detecting step,
• wherein the initialization feedback comprises display of a plurality of status icons to the user on the digital feedback display panel, the plurality of status icons representing a plurality of peripheral devices for connecting to the computer system,
• wherein each status icon of the plurality of status icons disappears from the digital feedback display panel if a corresponding peripheral device is connected to the computer system.

A method of providing digital computer status feedback for a user, the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a status notification message for a computer system;
• and
• communicating feedback to a user through a digital feedback display panel integrated with a computer housing of the computer system based on the status notification message, the communicating step comprising the step of:
• selectively displaying a message for the user on the digital feedback display panel based on the status notification message;
• wherein the status notification message comprises a network time for a server coupled to the computer system.

A computer system adapted for digital computer status feedback, computer system comprising:

• a means to detect a status condition of the computer system;
• a means to process the status condition;
• and
• a digital feedback display panel integrated with a computer housing of the computer system to display a message to a user based on the status condition where the status condition comprises a network time for a server coupled to the computer system.