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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Gerald Courtney, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Yi Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Lakshmipriya Kothandaraman, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Allam Steitieh, Austin, TX (US);
Gerald Courtney, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Yi Zhang, Austin, TX (US);
Lakshmipriya Kothandaraman, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Allam Steitieh, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for providing a user-interface comprising a visual display of the physical location of a plurality of I/O ports on the housing of a portable information handling system. In various embodiments, the physical location and status of the various I/O ports are shown using icons on the periphery of the display with the location of the icons on the display being correlated with the physical location of the physical ports on the housing of the portable information handling system. In some embodiments of the invention, the map is launched when the user depresses a predetermined 'hot key.' In other embodiments, the map is launched using other user gestures, such as executing a mouse click when the mouse pointer is positioned at a location proximate to an icon on the display or by touching a predetermined icon on a touch-sensitive screen.