US 8,289,688 C1 (12,913th)
Portable computer with multiple display configurations
Yves Behar, Oakland, CA (US); Joshua Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Hibmacronan, Oakland, CA (US); Naoya Edahiro, San Francisco, CA (US); and Matthew David Day, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Yves Behar, Oakland, CA (US); Joshua Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher Hibmacronan, Oakland, CA (US); Naoya Edahiro, San Francisco, CA (US); and Matthew David Day, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to LITL LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,035, May 24, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,289,688, issued Oct. 16, 2012, Appl. No. 12/170,939, Jul. 10, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/041,365, filed on Apr. 1, 2008.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on May 9, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H05K 5/00 (2025.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1616 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1601 (2013.01); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/162 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 11, 17-22, 24-28 and 30-32 is confirmed.
Claim 29 was previously disclaimed.
Claims 12-16 are cancelled.
Claims 1-10 and 23 were not reexamined.
17. A method of automatically orienting content in a plurality of display modes displayed on a portable computer comprising a body, the body having a single display component including a display screen and a base including an integrated keyboard, the method comprising:
rotating the single display component of the portable computer about a longitudinal axis running along an interface between the single display component and the base of the portable computer;
detecting a degree of rotation of the single display component relative to the base;
providing a signal representative of the degree of rotation of the single display component;
comparing the degree of rotation with respect to a threshold degree of rotation;
determining a display mode based, at least in part, on the act of comparing the degree of rotation with respect to the threshold degree of rotation;
generating a visual display of the content for the display screen;
orienting the visual display shown on the display screen of the single display component towards an operator for operation of the portable computer in each of the plurality of display modes, wherein the plurality of display modes includes a laptop mode with the integrated keyboard and display oriented towards the operation and an easel mode with the display oriented towards the operator and the keyboard oriented away from the operator; and
automatically configuring a content orientation, relative to the longitudinal axis, of the visual display on the display screen of the portable computer responsive to the signal and the determined display mode, wherein the act of automatically configuring includes acts of:
displaying the visual display in a first content orientation of the content for the degree of rotation that is less than the threshold degree of rotation and the portable computer is determined to be configured in the laptop mode, and
displaying the visual display in a second content orientation of the content for the degree of rotation that is greater than the threshold degree of rotation and the portable computer is determined to be configured in the easel mode, the second content orientation being at 180 degrees relative to the first orientation.