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

A method for providing mobile telephony operations, the method comprising:

• coupling a mobile telephone to a computer system separate from the mobile telephone, using a wireless communication interface,
• providing at least one of mobile telephone calling operations and mobile telephone messaging operations using the mobile telephone;
• providing a remote mobile application in the mobile telephone;
• sending at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content from the remote mobile application to a mobile telephony module in the computer system, by way of the wireless communication interface, wherein the mobile telephony module is configured to provide a mobile telephony user interface responsive to input received from a gamer during execution of a computer game application in the computer system, for selectively controlling the at least one of mobile telephone calling operations and mobile telephone messaging operations, in a manner that at least substantially avoids interrupting (a) gamer perception of ongoing game play, and (b) gamer interaction with a visual game environment provided by the computer game application;
• wherein the mobile telephony module is configured to update the mobile telephony user interface based on the at least one of mobile telephony notifications or mobile telephony content sent from the remote mobile application.