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OwnerKevin Curtis Mowry, James B. McGuire +1inventors
InventorsKevin Curtis Mowry, James B. McGuire, Jonathan James Main
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A wireless communication device (10) operates using a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) operating environment for enabling various data services. The wireless communication device (10) includes an application manager (22) coupled to the WAP operating environment that is operable to receive from the WAP operating environment a request to launch an external application. The application manager (22) operates launch the external application and to generate a handle. The handle is configured to control the external application within the WAP operating environment and is returned to the WAP operating environment responsive to the request to launch the external application. A library is associated with the external application, and the library includes information to configure the external application to operate within the WAP operating environment.
In a communication device including a wireless applications protocol (WAP) operating environment, an apparatus for enabling an external function from within the WAP operating environment comprising:
In a wireless communication network including a mobile station adapted according to the Wireless Applications (WAP) protocol to provide a WAP operating environment, a method for enabling an external function within the WAP operating environment comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.