Patent ID: 8526919

Claim:
A mobile communication device including: an application unit including an application running in a first memory of the device, an application audio framework in the first memory, the application audio unit being communicatively coupled to the application, and a telephony unit in the first memory, the telephony unit being communicatively coupled to the application; a radio transmission unit including a radio interface unit operating in a second memory and communicatively coupled to the telephony unit, a radio audio framework operating in the second memory, the radio audio framework being communicatively coupled to the radio interface unit, and a hardware driver unit communicatively coupled to the radio interface unit, the hardware driver unit being configured to initiate a communication connection between the mobile communication device and another device; an audio switching unit communicatively coupled to the application unit and the radio transmission unit, wherein the application transmits an audio signal stored in the first memory over a wireless network via the audio switching unit and radio interface unit, wherein the application unit transmits a different audio message depending on information provided from the radio transmission unit to the application unit, and wherein the application instructs the radio interface unit to answer a call based on caller information stored in the first memory and caller information extracted from the wireless network by the radio interface unit.