US Patent No: 7,209,124
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
Multiple-position docking station for a tablet personal computer
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Apr 24, 2007
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Aug 8, 2002
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10/214,827
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a multiple-position docking station for a tablet personal computing device. A different mode of operation of the tablet personal computing device is supported by different positions of the docking station. A first mode of operation may be supported when the tablet personal computing device is positioned to extend in a more or less perpendicular direction from a work surface. A second mode of operation may be supported when the tablet personal computing device is positioned so that it extends in a more or less parallel direction with respect to a work surface.
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