Patent ID: 8369893
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: a first communication device having one or both of a first transmitter and a first receiver; a user input device allowing the mobile device to receive user inputs; a terminal by which the mobile device can be in communication with an external display device; and at least one processor portion executing a plurality of software components including a mobile device operating system component and at least one intermediary software component by which the mobile device operating system communicates at least indirectly with both the user input device and the terminal, wherein the plurality of software components operate so as to provide external display driving signals at the terminal that are configured to cause the external display device to display an image including a first image portion representative of an operational status or condition of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device operating system receives one or more input signals indirectly via the at least one intermediary software component that are indicative of the user inputs received at the user input device, and wherein the mobile device operating system in response generates one or more first imaging signals upon which the external display driving signals are at least partly based, whereby the first image portion at least partly depends upon the user inputs or a response of the mobile device operating system to the user inputs.