Patent ID: 8159414
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A keyboard for use with a computer, the keyboard comprising: a keyboard housing; at least one input member disposed on the keyboard housing; an auxiliary display integrally formed with the keyboard housing, the auxiliary display being configured to display information received from the computer including images provided by the computer, wherein the information is for a plurality of applications running on the computer; and a control circuit configured to run a program to control the display of the information on the display for each application; wherein: an input device microcontroller having an auxiliary display program to control content to be displayed on the auxiliary display, wherein the auxiliary display program comprises code for determining which one of a plurality of contents associated with a plurality of applications being executed in the computer to display on the auxiliary display, wherein the code for determining comprises: code for tracking a display time of each application and monitoring priority information associated therewith, code for identifying an application having display time and priority information which exceed a preset threshold, and code for lowering the priority of the identified application; wherein a display time is a length of time that each application's application information is displayed on the display and is based on the priority level for each application's application information.