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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Kevin Falk, Boise, ID (US);
Russell A. Mendenhall, Boise, ID (US);
Joseph J. Cooper, Boise, ID (US);
Kevin Falk, Boise, ID (US);
Russell A. Mendenhall, Boise, ID (US);
Joseph J. Cooper, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A removable and re-attachable keyboard device for interfacing with an imaging device in a position adjacent to a display on the imaging device is presented. The keyboard device docks or otherwise couples the imaging device as opposed to residing on the table or base upon which the imaging device resides. The keyboard device includes a keyboard base which is generally planar with one end thereof being a keyboard base interface for facilitating at least mechanical coupling of the keyboard device with the imaging device and a keyboard. The keyboard base supports and maintains the keyboard in an ergonomic and more user-friendly attitude in relationship to a display of the imaging device. Messaging services are also available for dispatching directly from the imaging device as a result of data input to the keyboard device.