US Patent No: 6,297,752

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Backside keyboard for a notebook or gamebox

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Abstract

A keyboard for a notebook computer, personal computer, Personal Data Assistance computer or a game having two keyboard sections. In one embodiment the sections are fixedly mounted on the underside of the chassis of the device and the keys are arranged with half the keys on one section and half the keys are on the other section and positioned such that each key is in a natural position corresponding to the position of the keys when one is typing on a conventional keyboard. In another embodiment, each section is hingeably attached to an edge of the keyboard and the keyboard may be used in one position where the sections extend from the keyboard and face the user an another position where the sections are folded against the backside of the chassis of the device.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ni, Xuan 5986 Pilgrim Ave., San Jose, CA 95129 1 45

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
DELL USA, INC. (1)
5,515,305 PDA having chord keyboard input device and method of providing data thereto 40 1993
 
TOP GAME & CO., LTD. (1)
5,645,277 Controller for a video game console 69 1995
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (3)
5,278,779 Laptop computer with hinged keyboard 116 1992
5,410,333 Computer keyboard 119 1993
5,736,976 Computer data entry apparatus with hand motion sensing and monitoring 61 1995

Patent Citation Ranking

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ZEEMOTE TECHNOLOGY INC. (10)
7,218,313 Human interface system 15 2003
7,669,770 Method of remapping the input elements of a hand-held device 0 2005
7,280,097 Human interface input acceleration system 23 2005
7,652,660 Mobile device customizer 9 2006
7,649,522 Human interface input acceleration system 6 2006
7,463,245 Human interface system 0 2007
7,667,692 Human interface system 1 2008
8,063,880 Mobile device customizer 0 2010
8,144,122 Human interface input acceleration system 1 2011
8,294,668 Accessory device for mobile host device 0 2011
 
FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC (4)
7,043,284 Integrated cellular phone, digital camera, and PDA, with swivel mechanism providing access to the interface elements of each function 10 2004
7,054,146 Method for manufacturing and kit for assembling a personal entertainment device (PED) with double-opening flap 8 2004
6,989,984 Personal entertainment device (PED) with double-opening flap 19 2004
7,333,321 Personal entertainment device (PED) with double-opening flap 8 2005
 
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. (3)
D517552 Keyboard 7 2004
D517068 Keyboard 7 2004
D516080 Keyboard 9 2004
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (2)
7,378,991 Condensed keyboard for electronic devices 4 2006
8,164,570 Condensed keyboard for electronic devices 1 2008
 
KAWELL, LEONARD M. (2)
7,224,345 Pad computer 4 2004
D554637 Hand-held computer 4 2006
 
PALM, INC. (2)
6,671,170 Miniature keyboard for a hand held computer 19 2001
7,269,000 Folding keyboard for an electronic communications device 3 2006
 
AVAYA INC. (1)
7,047,038 Computer and mobile communication system 13 1999
 
E INK HOLDINGS INC. (1)
7,986,514 Electronic apparatus having movable input device 1 2009
 
EJT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (1)
D481733 Hand held keyboard 13 2002
 
GATEWAY, INC. (1)
6,909,424 Digital information appliance input device 39 2002
 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (1)
D598923 Graphic user interface for a display panel 6 2008
 
JOPET GMBH & CO. KG (1)
7,061,472 Presentation device 17 2000
 
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD. (1)
6,630,924 Gesture sensing split keyboard and approach for capturing keystrokes 78 2000
 
NOKIA CORPORATION (1)
D504888 Key button arrangement for a handset 8 2004
 
PIONEER CORPORATION (1)
7,123,243 Touch panel integrated type display apparatus 11 2003
 
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (1)
6,914,776 Personal digital assistant with keyboard 9 2003
 
SONY CORPORATION (1)
D480726 Keyboard 14 2002
 
WIRELESS AGENTS, LLC (1)
7,881,055 Physical configuration of a hand-held electronic communication device 1 2006
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (10)
6,789,967 Distal chording keyboard 28 2002
6,939,066 Hand-held, freestanding, double-sided electronic keyboard 2 2002
8,245,158 System and method for providing a keyboard type interface for a computing device 2 2003
7,216,588 Modified-qwerty letter layout for rapid data entry 15 2003
D556977 Rear surface of a T-shirt 3 2004
D524820 Keyboard for a computer device, such as a personal computer, mobile telephone or personal digital assistant 29 2005
8,033,744 Keyboard for a handheld computer device 1 2005
7,658,562 Modified-QWERTY letter layout for rapid data entry 0 2007
8,279,589 Apparatus and method for data entry from a removable portable device cover 0 2010
8,289,702 Universal rearward keyboard with means for inserting a portable computational display 0 2010

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