Patent ID: 8072392

Claim:
A display-based host device comprising: a display assembly including a first viewing portion and a second viewing portion within the first viewing portion; a docking station configured for removably docking a portable device having an imaging apparatus such that the imaging apparatus is positioned facing a rear side of the second viewing portion of the display assembly, wherein the imaging apparatus includes at least one of a display apparatus and an image capture apparatus; and a display mode processor component configured for operating the display-based host device in a first mode in which data from the display-based host device is displayed in the second viewing portion and backlighting for the second viewing portion of the display assembly is provided by the portable device, and for operating the display-based host device in a second mode in which the second viewing portion is substantially transparent so as to allow at least one of the display apparatus of the portable device to display data viewable through the display assembly in the second viewing portion, and the image capture apparatus to capture images through the second viewing portion.