Patent ID: 7016704
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Abstract:
1. A phone handset or other hand-held device which displays images and operates on functions transmitted remotely from said device, said device comprising a face, said face having two or more displays for displaying said images and control elements for controlling said displays, wherein at least one display is a direct-view display or a microdisplay, and such at least one of said functions is displayed in the direct-view display and a user can operate said control elements to affect visual changes on one or more of the displays, the displayed function including an attachment that can be displayed in the microdisplay and (1) the displayed function is taken from the group of functions consisting of instant messaging, email, contact management, schedule maintenance, calculation functions and placing telephone calls, viewing Internet content, and viewing other types of documents and (2) the attachment is an attachment taken from the group of attachments consisting of a Web page URL, a photo image, a spreadsheet, a presentation, an Adobe Acrobat file, a Word Processor document, and other types of content, and (3) the controls are capable of operation by a user to display that attachment in the microdisplay.