Appeal No. 2002-1139
Application No. 09/236,960
on whether the hinged body portion is in the open or closed position. Moreover, the
device has three sets of data input keys, one on a surface portion of the body portion of
the device, one on an inner surface of the hinged portion, and one on an outer surface
of the hinged portion. When the hinged portion is in the open position, the first and
second sets of data input keys form a QWERTY keyboard.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. Electronic apparatus comprising:
a body portion;
a lid hingeably coupled to the body portion and moveable about a
hinged joint between open and closed positions in which a surface portion
of the body portion is respectively uncovered and covered by the lid;
a first plurality of data input keys on said surface portion of the
body portion;
a second plurality of data input keys on an inner surface of the lid;
a third plurality of data input keys on an outer surface of the lid;
an electronic display on a surface of the body portion, the display
being visible to a user when the lid is in said open and closed positions;
and
display control means for displaying information on the display with
a first orientation when the lid is in the open position and with a second
orientation, substantially at right angles to said first orientation, when the
lid is in the closed position.
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