Patent ID: 8473001

Claim:
A communication device for use with a telecommunications network, comprising: a wireless communicator part, wherein the wireless communicator part has an associated identifier for uniquely identifying the wireless communicator part to the network, the wireless communicator part identifier enabling the network to determine functional attributes of the wireless communicator part; and a supplementary part to which the wireless communicator part is coupleable, wherein the supplementary part has an associated identifier for uniquely identifying the supplementary part to the network, the supplementary part identifier enabling the network to determine functional attributes of the supplementary part, wherein the :Functional attributes of the supplementary, part are different from the functional attributes of the wireless communicator part, wherein the wireless communicator part identifier is transmitted to the telecommunications network after registration of the wireless communicator part with the network, and wherein the supplementary part identifier is transmitted to the network independently of transmission of the wireless communication part identifier and in response to the supplementary part being coupled to or decoupled from the wireless communicator part.