Patent ID: 8495731
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for modifying an existing mobile communication device to operate in multiple domains, the method comprising: installing a plurality of operating systems, one for each of a plurality of operating domains, of the plurality of operating domains occupying an isolated regions region of memory, wherein at least one of the operating domains is a business domain configured to allow communications with another communication device by wireless transmission and reception of communications, and at least another of the operating domains is a personal domain configured to allow communications with another communication device by wireless transmission and reception of communications; installing a plurality of device drivers in another isolated region of memory separate from the isolated regions of memory occupied by the plurality of operating domains, at least one of the device drivers assigned exclusively to the business domain, at least one of the device drivers assigned exclusively to the personal domain, at least one of the device drivers shared concurrently between the business domain and the personal domain, and at least one of the device drivers switched between exclusive assignment to the business domain and exclusive assignment to the personal domain; implementing a communication control module to enforce communication restrictions between each of the operating systems, the device drivers and device hardware; implementing an authentication procedure to switch from the personal domain to the business domain; and providing a trusted indicator that the mobile communication device is operating in the business domain, wherein the trusted indicator is under exclusive control of software associated with the business domain.