Patent ID: 7493109

Claim:
A system of enabling auxiliary functions in a mobile device operable in a wireless network, the system comprising: a first data processor configured to be operable with at least one mobile device application; a second data processor of a preselected data processor type required for operation with the wireless network, configured to manage wireless communication operations with respect to the wireless network for the mobile device; at least one auxiliary function configured to interface only with one of the first data processor and the second data processor; and a data communication channel between the first data processor and the second data processor, the data communications channel conveying between the first data processor and the second data processor: data received by or sent from the mobile device through the wireless network, and at least one message sent by one of the first data processor and the second data processor to the other of the first data processor and the second data processor to enable control of the at least one auxiliary function of the mobile device for the other one of the first data processor and the second data processor with which the at least one auxiliary function is not interfaced.