Patent ID: 7912503

Claim:
A smart interface system for providing peripheral device operability with a mobile communications device, the smart interface system comprising: an external interface component comprising a network interface and a universal serial bus (USB) hub for interfacing a mobile communications device to peripheral devices and a network; a communications component for communicating data and signals between the mobile communications device and, the peripheral devices and the network; a processor and memory component for storing and executing an operating system (OS) and one or more applications, the OS and one or more applications for processing instructions and signals in support of communications by the smart interface system with the mobile communications device and, the peripheral devices and the network; and a configuration component for automatically sensing the mobile communications device, and establishing operability between the mobile communications device and, the peripheral devices and the network; the external interface component, the communications component, the processor and memory component, and the configuration component as components of a smart core that simulates a personal computer (PC) interface for the mobile communications device to the peripheral devices and the network in which the smart core queries the mobile communications device for a device configuration that invokes a self-configuration of the smart interface system to match capability with the mobile communications device, and the smart core installs at least one of an application or a driver on the mobile communications device to simulate the PC interface for the peripheral devices and the network in which the mobile communications device is self-configured to match capability with the peripheral devices and the network.