Patent ID: 8483764

Claim:
A method of managing wireless connections supported by a mobile device, the method comprising: providing a user-selectable icon on a display of the mobile device receiving selection input in relation to the icon; and executing a connections manager application in response to the selection input from the icon, the connections manager application being configured to monitor and control a wireless connection status of each of a plurality of wireless communication subsystems of the mobile device, wherein executing the connections manager application comprises displaying a connections manager application window on the display; displaying in the connection manager application window a user-selectable master switching option providing switching control over each of the plurality of wireless communication subsystems, wherein the master switching option displayed in the connections manager application window is one of a plurality of master switching options, wherein if at least one of the plurality of wireless communication subsystems is on, the displayed master switching option is a “turn all connections off” option, and wherein otherwise, display of the “turn all connections off” option is suppressed; in response to selection of the “turn all connections off” option, storing the connection information associated with each of the plurality of wireless communication subsystems that has a wireless connection status of “on and connected”; and turning off each of the plurality of wireless communication subsystems that has the wireless connection status of “on and connected” and “on but not connected”.