Patent ID: 7450963

Claim:
A multi mode mobile device configured to switch between a communication mode and a computing mode, comprising: a communication processor configured to facilitate wireless voice and data communication when the device is in the communication mode; an application processor configured to execute at least one personal computing application when the device is in the computing mode; a configuration module configured to switch the device from the computing mode to the communication mode in response to user input of at least part of a telephone number; wherein the application processor functions as a master processor and the communication processor functions as a peripheral processor when the device is in the computing mode and the application processor is deenergized when the device is in the communication mode to enable the communication processor to function as the master processor; wherein the application processor is associated with a processor local bus (PLB), the device further comprising a PLB bridge processor configured to enable the communication processor to function as the master processor when the device is in the communication mode and to enable the communication processor to function as a peripheral processor when the device is in the computing mode; and wherein the communication processor is associated with a memory bus communicating with one or more memory devices, and wherein the PLB bridge processor is configured to bridge the memory bus to the PLB.