Patent ID: 8026845

Claim:
A mobile device comprising: a transmitter portion; a signal receiver portion comprising a position location receiver; and a control module to: monitor transmission power of the transmitter portion; in response to a determination that the monitored power exceeds a first threshold power level, determine whether the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information or data information and whether the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, wherein the first threshold is based, at least in part, on available location information associated with the position location receiver; in response to a determination that the signal receiving portion has a higher priority than the transmitter portion, initiate an override to disable the transmitter portion; otherwise in the absence of the override: in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting voice information, at least partially disable the signal receiver portion; and in response to a determination that the transmitter portion is transmitting data information, decrease at least one of: the transmission power of the transmitter portion; and/or, a data rate of the transmitter portion.