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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Evan F Rynk, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Julio C Castaneda, Coconut Creek, FL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Electronic devices such as smartphones () or tablet computers are provided with an illuminated integrated speaker port insert and button () which allows audio energy to pass out of the speaker port (), serves as control button for a function such as volume control or power, and is provided with single or multi-color illumination () so as to serve as a visual information indicator. The button () can serve in place of side mounted button while not requiring additional allocation of area on the devices front surface beyond what would be allocated for a speaker port and therefore not reduce the area available for a display screen (). The button may be more readily located by touch due to its location and by sight due to the provision of illumination and owing to its use as a speaker port insert the purpose of the button may be intuitively grasped and later recalled by the user.