Patent ID: 8306569

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises: a radio frequency (RF) section coupled to: convert an outbound wireless network symbol stream into an outbound RF signal; and convert an inbound RF signal into an inbound symbol stream; a first processing module coupled to, in accordance with a first portion of a communication stack of a wireless communication protocol: convert outbound wireless network data into the outbound wireless network symbol stream; convert the inbound symbol stream into inbound data; convert an outbound analog audio signal into at least a portion of an outbound signal; and convert at least a portion of an inbound signal into an inbound analog audio signal; a second processing module coupled to, in accordance with a remaining portion of the communication stack of the wireless communication protocol: convert the outbound signal into the outbound wireless network data; and convert the inbound data into the inbound signal; and a third processing module coupled to: perform at least one user application that processes at least one of the inbound signal and the outbound signal; and perform an operating system algorithm to coordinate an operation of the at least one user application.