Patent ID: 8582583

Claim:
A wireless communication device, comprising: a network platform processor configured to communicate with a processor-specific wireless communication network using a device platform processor that is not compliant with the processor-specific wireless communication network and a network platform processor that is configured to communicate with the processor-specific wireless communication network; a device platform processor configured to execute operating system software for the wireless communication device; electronic messaging software stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by the device platform processor to create and receive electronic messages to be transmitted over the processor-specific wireless communication network; a communication link that couples the network platform processor to the device platform processor; and the device platform processor being configured to transmit control data over the communication link to the network platform processor for controlling operation of the network platform processor, the device platform processor being further configured to transmit electronic messages over the communication link for transmission by the network platform processor over the processor-specific communication network; using a first communication protocol to transmit control data over a communication link from the device platform processor to the network platform processor, the control data being used to control operation of the network platform processor, the first communication protocol employing packet sequence numbers and acknowledgements to ensure reliable transmission; and using a second communication protocol to transmit the messages over the communication link from the device platform processor to the network platform processor for transmission over the processor-specific communication network, the messages being transmitted over the communication link using a second communication protocol without packet sequence numbers or acknowledgements.