Patent ID: 7805868

Claim:
A method for selecting the orientation of a display of product information on a product, the product comprising a portable information handling system having a lid, the lid having a display lit by a backlight, the method comprising: coupling a product badge to the product, the product badge displaying the product information at a first orientation relative to the product by presenting the product badge on the lid with the lid closed, the product badge in the first orientation; resting the product in an offset product orientation offset from the product first orientation by rotating the lid from a closed position to an open position; powering the information handling system to present information on the display; illuminating the product badge to select display of the product information at a second orientation relative to the product, the second orientation associated with the offset product orientation by illuminating the product badge with the display backlight to display the product badge in the second orientation; and rotating the lid from the open to the closed position, the backlight automatically extinguished in the closed position to present the product information in the first orientation.