Appeal No. 2005-1975 Page 7
Application No. 09/819,292
shown in figure 2, module 210 and module 205 may be attached to
each other by a hinge or slide (specification, page 7). The
mobile computing device may operate in different modes depending
on the orientation of its modules (specification, page 7). In
one embodiment, the mobile computing device does not have a
visible power-off switch, and the action of placing the modules
in the closed position may automatically trigger a power switch
which sets the mobile computing device in low power mode
(specification, pages 7 and 8). When the mobile computing device
300 of figure 3 is opened from its closed position, the power is
switched on or is resumed from its low power setting. For
example, the power may be switched on by a switch attached to the
hinge (specification, page 8). Figure 4 shows two modules folded
in a back-to-back open position (specification, page 8), which is
referred to as a note position. When the mobile computing device
is placed in the note position, appropriate software is activated
to place the device in a PDA mode, and PDA applications may be
started (specification, page 9).
From our reading of the specification, we find that the
device will go to power mode and the software will be activated
by operation of the switch in the hinge, upon folding the modules
into the PDA or note position. Thus, we find that little
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