Method and system of transport mode notification on a multi-mode handheld communication device

A communications device comprising:

• a plurality of data transceivers, each said data transceiver being configured for communication via a respective one of the communication transport modes;
• communication transport mode determining means in communication with the plurality of data transceivers for determining a transport mode of at least one data packet received at the handheld communications device, the handheld communication device being configured to communicate the at least one data packet via one of the data transceivers, the at least one data packet being associated with one of the communication transport modes, the one data transceiver being configured for communication via the one communication transport mode;
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• communication transport mode indicating means in communication with the communication transport mode determining means, the communication transport mode indicating means being configured to provide a user-indication of the one communication transport mode for the at least one data packet, the communication transport mode indicating means providing the user indication by displaying the user-indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of initiation of transmission or receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device and extinguishing the user-indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of completion of the transmission or the receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium carrying processing instructions stored thereon for a handheld communications device, the processing instructions, when executed by a computer processor of the communications device, enabling the handheld communication device to perform the following steps:

• receive at least one data packet at the handheld communication device, the handheld communication device comprising a plurality of data transceivers, each said data transceiver being configured for communication via a respective one of the communication transport modes, the at least one data packet being associated with one of the communication transport modes, the handheld communication device communicating the at least one data packet via one of the data transceivers, the one data transceiver being configured for communication via the one communication transport mode;
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• provide a user-indication of the one communication transport mode for the at least one data packet in accordance with the one data transceiver, by displaying the user indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of initiation of transmission or receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device and extinguishing the user-indication substantially contemporaneously with a time instant of completion of the transmission or the receipt of the at least one data packet at the communication device.