User interface for a secondary display module of a mobile electronic device

A method to be performed by a secondary display module of a mobile electronic device, the secondary display module having a secondary logic processor unit coupled with an input device and configured to support functions of the secondary display module, the mobile electronic device having a main display, a memory and a main logic processor unit external to the secondary display unit, the main logic processor unit being coupled with the secondary logic processor unit via the system bus and the input device such that the main logic processor unit and secondary logic processor unit can directly receive signals from the input device, the main logic processor unit and the secondary logic processor unit each having an operating system (OS), the method comprising:

• depicting a user interface (UI) having a plurality of buttons on a display of the secondary display module, wherein the plurality of buttons correspond to a plurality of applications that can be selectively started on the mobile electronic device with the main logic processor unit, and at least one of the plurality of applications being stored in the memory and having a corresponding low power application and data that are disposed in the memory on the mobile electronic device and that can be selectively accessed on the mobile electronic device with the secondary logic processor unit disposed on the secondary display module, the corresponding low power application providing one or more features that are not supported by the at least one of the plurality of applications in addition to the corresponding low power application being accessible on the secondary display module and being accessible without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit;
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• accessing data associated with an application residing on the mobile electronic device and external to the secondary display module by using the corresponding low power application in response to activation of a button of the plurality of buttons using the input device that is coupled with and directly accessible by the main logic processor unit and the secondary logic processor unit without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit and the one of the plurality of applications, and selectively activating the OS of the main logic processor unit and the low-power application associated with one of the plurality of applications corresponding to the activated button.

A non-transitory computer readable storage media having instructions to be performed by a secondary display module of a mobile electronic device, the secondary display module having a secondary logic processor unit coupled with an input device and configured to support functions of the secondary display module, the mobile electronic device having a main display, a memory and a main logic processor unit external to the secondary display module, the main logic processor unit being coupled with the input device and having an operating system (OS), the input device being directly accessible by the main logic processor unit and the secondary logic processor unit, wherein the instructions when performed by the secondary display module cause the secondary display module to perform operations comprising:

• depicting a user interface (UI) having a plurality of buttons on a display of the secondary display module, wherein the plurality of buttons correspond to a plurality of applications that can be selectively started on the mobile electronic device, the plurality of applications having at least one corresponding low power application and data that are disposed in the memory on the mobile electronic device, the at least one corresponding low power application providing one or more features that are not supported by the plurality of applications in addition to the at least one corresponding low power application being accessible on the secondary display module and being accessible without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit;
• accessing data associated with an application residing on the mobile electronic device and external to the secondary display module by using the at least one corresponding low power application in response to activation of a button of the plurality of buttons using the input device that is directly accessible by the main logic processor unit and the secondary logic processor unit without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit;
• and in response to activation of the button using the input device, selectively activating the OS of the main logic processor unit and the at least one low-power application in the memory and associated with the application corresponding to the activated button without engaging the corresponding application.

A system, comprising:

• a mobile electronic device having a secondary display module, a memory, a main display and a main logic processor unit disposed external to the secondary display module, the secondary display module coupled with a secondary logic processor unit and an input device, the secondary logic processor unit being configured to support functions of the secondary display module, the main logic processor unit being coupled with the input device and having an operating system (OS), the main logic processor unit and the secondary logic processor unit each being operative to directly receive signals from the input device, wherein the secondary display module further comprises:
• means for displaying a plurality of buttons that correspond to a plurality of applications and associated low power applications stored in the memory that can be selectively started on the mobile electronic device, each associated low power application providing one or more features that are not supported by one of the plurality of applications in addition to each associated low power application being accessible on the secondary display module and being accessible without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit;
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• means for selectively accessing in the memory data associated with an application residing on the mobile electronic device unit using an associated low power application in response to activation of a button of the plurality of buttons using the input device without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit, and for selectively activating the OS of the main logic processor unit and the low-power application stored in the memory and associated with one of the plurality of applications corresponding to the activated button without engaging the corresponding one of the plurality of applications.

A mobile electronic device, comprising:

• a first portion having a main display;
• a second portion, articulably attached to the first portion, having a memory and having a main logic processor unit to execute an operating system (OS) and coupled with and operative to receive signals from an input device, wherein the first and second portions can be relatively positioned so that the second portion covers the main display;
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• a secondary display module, coupled with the second portion, having a second display to graphically depict a user interface (UI), wherein the UI includes a plurality of buttons corresponding to a plurality of applications that can be selectively started on the second portion and at least one lower power application in the memory and associated with the one of the applications, the associated low power application providing one or more features that are not supported by the one of the applications in addition to the associated low power application being accessible on the secondary display module and being accessible without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit, wherein a button of the plurality of buttons can be activated with the input device to selectively allow a user to:
• (1) access in the memory data of the application corresponding to the activated button by using a lower power application associated with the application corresponding to the activated button without engaging the OS of the main logic processor unit, (2) activate the OS of the main logic processor unit and the low-power application in the memory and associated with the application corresponding to the activated button without engaging the corresponding application and (3) activate the OS of the main logic processor unit and the application in the memory corresponding to the activated button.