Patent ID: 8223030

Claim:
A notebook computer, comprising: a display screen; a connector port located on a base of the notebook computer; an output setting indicator configured to display on the display screen; and an output monitor configured to determine which of a plurality of output configuration settings of the notebook computer is selected, and to actuate the output setting indicator corresponding to the selected output configuration setting, wherein a first of the plurality of output configuration settings specifies that content is to be output from the notebook computer, and a second of the plurality of output configuration settings specifies that content is not to be output from the notebook computer, wherein the output setting indicator visually indicates that the connector port is enabled for communicating data with an external device through the connector port in response to the first output configuration setting being selected, and visually indicates that the connector port is not enabled for communicating data with the external device through the connector port in response to the second output configuration setting being selected.