SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEPENDENTLY DOWNLOADING FEATURES INTO A SET OF STORAGE LOCATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE

摘要

A system and method (100) for independentlydownloading a main program and optional features(124) into a set of storage locations (114) of awireless communication device (102) uses a memory (123)to store the main program and a set of selectedoptional features (124). An identification element (160)associated with one in the set of selected optionalfeatures (162) enables the main program (134) to interactwith the one in the set of selected optional features(124-130). A programmer (not shown) programs theselected optional feature programs (124-130) into thememory (116) by locating a storage location in thememory (116). An indicator indicates when the setof selected optional features has been stored in thememory. The memory can further contain a linkingelement and a pointer (162-166) to identify storagelocations in the memory. The invention allows theset of selected optional features to be stored after themain program is stored in the memory.