Patent ID: 8364082
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable memory storing one or more routines for use in the execution in a computer processor of a method of enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising: enabling said short-range wireless communications element; pairing said handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using said short-range wireless communications element; providing a first icon on said handheld electronic device after pairing said handheld electronic device with said second electronic device; and thereafter: (i) disabling said short-range wireless communications element and replacing said first icon with a second icon on said handheld electronic device whenever said first icon is selected, and (ii) enabling said short-range wireless communications element and replacing said second icon with said first icon on said handheld electronic device whenever said second icon is selected; wherein said short-range wireless communications element includes a transmitter/receiver element, wherein enabling said short-range wireless communications element comprises turning said transmitter/receiver element on and disabling said short-range wireless communications element comprises turning said transmitter/receiver element off.