Patent ID: 8359659

Claim:
Apparatus comprising a user interface for displaying a plurality of items, the apparatus being arranged: to provide a plurality of protection levels for the plurality of items displayed in the user interface; to receive at least one instruction, by which instruction or instructions, one or more of a plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is/are categorized as an item or items to be hidden and the remaining one or more of the plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is/are categorized as an item or items to be displayed, the categorized item or items to be hidden being configurable to be re-categorized as item or items to be displayed through a setting interface; to receive an instruction to hide, from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden; and to hide from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden, such that the item or items categorized as items to be displayed are displayed on the user interface, and the item or items categorized as items to be hidden are not displayed on the user interface, wherein the plurality of protection levels include a first level which is associable with hiding one or more items to be hidden, a second level which is associable with a first level password and a third level which is associable with a second level password, and wherein under the second level, access to said setting interface is password protected, and under the third level, password retrieval of the second level password is disabled when the apparatus is connected to an external device.