Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Srikumar K Nayar

David G Wiatrowski

David J Ley

Fred R Villa

Robert Arthur Hartman

Glen S Uehara

Dhiraj Gandhi

Marc S Desruisseaux

Helen Koenigsman

Mark C Gonsalves

Yu-Ling F Chang

Albert S Steele

The invention concerns a method () and system () for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device (). The method can include the steps of establishing () communications with at least a first wireless network () and advising () the first wireless network of the multi-mode nature of the multi-mode communications device. As such, the first wireless network can be made aware that the multi-mode communications device is capable of communicating with a second wireless network ().

Method and system for managing communications for a multi-mode communications device

A user interface control software system (,) has software components organized into distinct partitions (,) with a defined interface governing communications between components of different partitions. Preferably, the software components are organized into a core partition (,), a device specific partition (,), a feature enabler partition (,), and a signaling partition (,). The core partition (,) has software components that perform input handling, application interaction management, application control management, and output handling. The device specific partition (,) has software components for interfacing with user interface hardware in a manner specific to a particular type of communication device. The feature enabler partition (,) has software components that implement procedures for interacting with the user to perform a particular task. The signaling partition (,) manages procedures relating to a signaling protocol that requires user interaction. An interface protocol (,) governs inter-partition communications among software components of the various partitions.

User interface control software for a communication device

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Srikumar K Nayar