Patent ID: 7205959

Claim:
A method for providing text and/or visual data to a display system of a portable communications device, comprising: presenting text and/or visual data on a first display; presenting a different visual presentation of text and/or visual data substantially concurrently on a second display underlying the first display, such that the second display is a further distance away from an eye of a user than the first display, wherein, in operation, a user is able to view data on the first and/or second display, and wherein one of the first and second displays is configured to present an operating interface desktop with user selectable menu items; electronically selecting a feature, text or indicia using the first display within content of an application on the second display to navigate; and electrically locking access to the device by providing a password restricted access entry region on the first display and optically blocking the remainder of the first display while the second display carries text and visual data thereon to inhibit unauthorized use of the device while the device is operating.