Patent ID: 8412175

Claim:
A method performed on a mobile communication device such that during operation the mobile communication device can indicate activity associated with an operating domain on the mobile communication device, the method comprising: establishing a plurality of operating domains for the mobile communication device each operating as an independent virtual machine, wherein at least one of the operating domains is a high-side domain and at least one of the operating domains is a low-side domain, the high-side domain being a secure domain and the low-side domain being an unsecure domain; providing a trusted indicator at the mobile communication device for indicating activity associated with the high-side domain, the activity including at least one of an incoming call, an incoming text, or a new email message, the trusted indicator configured to activate a user notification to indicate the activity; providing an input on the mobile communication device for switching from the low-side domain to the high-side domain, the input configured as an input only device that is activated by user input, wherein after switching to the high-side domain, previous activity on the low-side domain is preserved; and providing a trusted element for the mobile communication device that is independent of either the high-side domain or the low-side domain, the trusted element configured to: receive a signal from the input for switching from the low-side domain to the high-side domain; perform user authentication for switching from the low-side domain to the high-side domain, the user authentication including providing output authentication information from the trusted element to an output device and receiving input authentication information at the trusted element from an input device; and control a keypad and a display of the mobile communication device during the user authentication, the keypad configured to provide the input authentication information to the trusted element and the display configured to receive the output authentication information from the trusted element.