Patent ID: 9426276
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing mobile telephony operations provided by a mobile telephone to a computer gamer while the gamer plays a computer game by way of execution of a computer game application on a computer system, the mobile telephony operations including at least one of mobile telephone calling operations and mobile telephone messaging operations, the method comprising: providing a wireless communication interface between the mobile telephone and the computer system, the computer system being separate from the mobile telephone; providing a remote mobile application in the mobile telephone; sending at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content to the computer system using the remote mobile application, by way of the wireless communication interface; providing a computer game user interface responsive to input received from the gamer during execution of the computer game application, the computer game user interface presenting a game environment including a visual game environment to the gamer; providing a mobile telephony module in the computer system, the mobile telephony module configured to provide a mobile telephony user interface responsive to input received from the gamer during execution of the computer game application, the mobile telephony user interface for selectively controlling the mobile telephony operations, wherein the mobile telephony module is configured to receive the at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content from the mobile telephone and further configured to update the mobile telephony user interface based on the received at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content; and performing the mobile telephony operations by way of the mobile telephony user interface in a manner that at least substantially avoids interrupting (a) gamer perception of ongoing game play, and (b) gamer interaction with the visual game environment.