Patent ID: 7305255

Claim:
A system for handling phone services, comprising: a computing device comprising: at least one standalone operating state; a telecommunications interface for coupling to a mobile phone network, the telecommunications interface operable to receive data from the mobile phone network; an ignition switch interface configured to selectively connect to the ignition switch of an automobile for connecting the computing device to the bus of a computer when the ignition switch interface is inserted into the ignition switch; wherein the ignition switch interface configured to connect to the ignition switch of an automobile facilitates an antenna signal transmitted from said mobile phone network to be received by the computing device through the ignition switch interface; and a computer without a telecommunications interface for coupling to a mobile phone network, the computer comprising: a network interface coupled to the computing device to receive data from the mobile phone network via the telecommunications interface at the computing device; and an interface selectively coupled to an ignition switch, wherein the ignition switch is configured to connect to the ignition switch interface of the computing device to connect the ignition switch interface to a bus of the computer through the ignition switch.