Patent ID: 7266389

Claim:
A radio transceiver hand held host, comprising: wireless communication circuitry for transmitting and receiving radio frequency communication signals, the wireless communication circuitry further including a plurality of transceiver and application elements; a processor module coupled to receive and generate communication signals from and to the wireless communication circuitry; logic for prompting the processor module to control power levels of the plurality of transceiver and application elements, collectively, host elements, according to a user selected operational mode of the radio transceiver that are defined by logic within the radio transceiver; a plurality of power delivery elements coupled to the corresponding host elements of the plurality of power delivery elements for selectively delivering power to the corresponding host element, the plurality of power delivery elements further coupled to receive control commands from the processor module; and wherein the radio transceiver hand held host is operable to provide a custom power mode of operation that enables a user to selectively map the transceiver and application elements to at least one of a plurality of power modes of operation.