Patent ID: 7353463
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A multifunctional electronic system having a human interface and offering a plurality of services to a human user, each service having an associated plurality of available system features, at least one of the services being one of print, copy, scan, and facsimile, said system comprising: a system controller; a plurality of human controllable switch devices fixedly located on the interface that control selection of system features and that separately communicate with the system controller, the switch devices not being touch screen icons; a plurality of human interpretable indicators fixedly located on the interface, each of the human interpretable indicators associated with a switch device and indicating the availability of system features associated with the switch device; wherein, when a first service is selected, the controller directs the human interpretable indicator associated with a switch device to indicate the existence of a first mode for such switch device, the human interpretable indicator associated with the switch device indicating under the first mode a first set of one or more system features that are selectable by the switch device and a first default selection for the switch device, wherein, when a second service is selected, the controller directs the human interpretable indicator associated with the switch device to indicate the existence of a second mode for such switch device, the human interpretable indicator associated with the switch device indicating under the second mode a second set of one or more system features that are selectable by the switch device and a second default selection for the switch device, the first mode and the second mode being different, and wherein the first set of system features that are selectable and the first default selection are visually and differently indicated and the second set of system featuers and the second default selection are visually and differently indicated.