Patent ID: 7665888
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G04G

Abstract:
1. A tabletop device adapted to be supported on a tabletop for providing a combination of functions for a user of the tabletop device, said tabletop device comprising: a base component adapted to be supported on a tabletop, said base component having a front facing side and a rearward facing side, so that when positioned on said tabletop one of the front and rearward facing sides is oriented so as to face a first user of said tabletop device; a first functional element coupled with said base component, which first functional element provides a first function to the first user of the tabletop device, thereby establishing a preferred orientation on said tabletop of the tabletop device, so that a preferred one of the front and rearward facing sides of the tabletop device is typically oriented so as to face the first user of said tabletop device; a second functional element coupled with said base component, which second functional element provides a second function to the first user of the tabletop device, which second function is independently operable with respect to the first function, and which second functional element provides a third function to a second user of the tabletop device, where the operation of the third function is correlated with the operation of the second function, and where a side of the tabletop device, which is opposite said preferred one of the front and rearward facing sides, is oriented so as to face said second user, thereby providing direct access by said second user to said third function of the tabletop device, wherein the second functional element is a two-sided informational display, where one side provides said second function and an opposite side provides said third function.