System and method for performing mobile telephone calling and/or messaging operations in-game during computer game application execution

A system for providing mobile telephony operations to a computer gamer while the gamer plays a computer game, the system comprising:

• a mobile telephone configured for communication with a mobile telephone network;
• a computer system comprising:
• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory, the memory including:
• a computer game application executable by the processing unit, the computer game application when executed providing a computer game user interface presenting a game environment including a visual game environment to the gamer during game play;
• and
• a mobile telephony module corresponding to the computer game application, the mobile telephony module comprising program instructions loaded for execution in association with loading the computer game application for execution, the mobile telephony module providing a mobile telephony user interface responsive to input received from the gamer during execution of the computer game application for selectively controlling at least one of mobile telephone calling operations and mobile telephone messaging operations provided by the mobile telephone in a manner that at least substantially avoids interrupting (a) gamer perception of ongoing game play, and (b) gamer interaction with the visual game environment;
• wherein a wireless communication interface is provided between the mobile telephone and the computer system, the computer system being separate from the mobile telephone;
• wherein the mobile telephone comprises a mobile telephone memory, the mobile telephone memory comprising a remote mobile application;
• wherein the remote mobile application is configured to send at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content to the computer system, by way of the wireless communication interface,
• wherein the mobile telephony module is configured to receive the at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content from the mobile telephone and further configured to update the mobile telephony user interface based on the received at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content.