Patent ID: 7305254
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a mobile phone accessory possessing one or more software programs and communicable with a mobile phone, the method comprising: (a) establishing a short range communication link between the mobile phone and the mobile phone accessory; (b) exchanging data between the mobile phone and the mobile phone accessory via the short range communication link, the data pertaining to the one or more software programs resident on the mobile phone accessory including: (c) transferring only the one or more software programs from the mobile phone accessory to the mobile phone via the short range communication link that meet the technical, licensing, and authorization requirements necessary to host and execute the one or more software programs on the mobile phone; and (d) verifying that the transferred software programs have not been tampered with since their creation.