Patent ID: 7583959

Claim:
A method comprising: generating a dialing request at a remote control device based on an operation of a user interface consisting of a single dedicated control of the remote control device, the dedicated control generating the dialing request to transmit a dialing signal to a mobile communication device; transmitting the dialing signal from the remote control device toward the mobile communication device based on the dialing request, wherein the dialing signal includes a telephone number associated with a network-based communication service and a program call; in response to receiving the program call, activating, by the mobile communication device, a software program that performs an update check of the telephone number associated with the network-based communication service included in the dialing signal; establishing communications between the mobile communication device and the network-based communication service using a telephone number returned as a result of the update check, wherein the update check is a pull operation enabling use of pre-existing security features of the mobile communication device; receiving audio input at a microphone of the remote control device; and forwarding the audio input to the mobile communication device for transmission to the network-based communication service.