Patent ID: 7350211

Claim:
A software application framework embodied as computer software contained in a memory that is executable on computer hardware located within a mobile equipment adapted to provide a high-level application-domain environment in the mobile equipment, comprising: a framework interface domain further comprising an open platform application programming interface (OPA), for interfacing a platform domain with application domain software of an application domain; a software application domain comprising at least one application entity wherein the software application domain further comprises at least one utility entity and at least one plug-in entity; wherein the at least one utility entity is adapted to use at least one of: the framework interface domain; at least one application entity; the at least one plug-in entity; and the at least one utility entity, wherein the at least one application entity, the at least one plug-in entity and the at least one utility entity comprises encapsulated code; and wherein the at least one plug-in entity is adapted to use the framework interface domain and wherein the application entity is adapted to own at least one thread that is automatically created upon start-up of the application entity; wherein the at least one application entity is adapted to interact with at least one of: the framework interface domain; the at least one utility entity; and the at least one plug-in entity; and wherein the software application framework includes a rulebook for the application domain and is embodied as computer software contained in a memory that is executable on computer hardware located within a mobile equipment.