Patent ID: 9104371
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A45C,G06F,G08B

Abstract:
1. An accessory device configured to be detachably coupled with a host device having a display, the accessory device comprising: a flexible flap having a size and shape in accordance with the display of the host device, the flexible flap having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the flexible flap further having a partially transparent portion that allows light emanating from a corresponding portion of the display of the host device to pass through the partially transparent portion; a plurality of illumination elements disposed across the flexible flap; and a connector configured to receive electrical power from an electrical distribution system of the host device and a control signal from a processor of the host device that directs one or more of the plurality of illumination elements to coordinate with each other to provide an illumination state that at least forms a word across the first surface of the accessory device comprising the operating state of the host device, the illumination state corresponding to an operating state of the host device; wherein: