Patent ID: 8301120

Claim:
A method of communication in a handheld communication device capable of a plurality of communication transport modes, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one data packet at the handheld communication device, the handheld communication device comprising a plurality of data transceivers, each said data transceiver being configured for communication via a respective one of the communication transport modes, the at least one data packet being associated with one of the communication transport modes, the handheld communication device communicating the at least one data packet via one of the data transceivers, the one data transceiver being configured for communication via the one communication transport mode; and providing a user-indication of the one communication transport mode for the at least one data packet in accordance with the one data transceiver, by displaying the user indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of initiation of transmission or receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device and extinguishing the user-indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of completion of the transmission or the receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device.