Patent ID: 9280179
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information handling system comprising: a planar housing having an upper surface and lower surface; a docking station connector disposed at the housing and configured to couple and de-couple with a docking station; a processor disposed in the planar housing and operable to process information; a memory disposed in the planar housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store information; a display disposed at the upper surface and interfaced with the processor, the display operable to present information as visual images; one or more cooling fans disposed in the planar housing and operable to selectively move a cooling airflow in a first direction from one or more first openings through the planar housing to one or more second openings or in a second direction from the one or more second openings to the one or more first openings; and a cooling fan controller interfaced with the cooling fans and operable to select the first direction or the second direction based upon one or more predetermined conditions, the one or more predetermined conditions including at least a coupling or de-coupling by the docking station connector to a docking station to select the first or second directions.