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 independently downloading a main program and optional features (124) into a set of storage locations (114) of a wireless communication device (102) uses a memory (123) to store the main program and a set of selected optional features (124). An identification element (160) associated with one in the set of selected optional features (162) enables the main program (134) to interact with the one in the set of selected optional features (124-130). A programmer (not shown) programs the selected optional feature programs (124-130) into the memory (116) by locating a storage location in the memory (116). An indicator indicates when the set of selected optional features has been stored in the memory. The memory can further contain a linking element and a pointer (162-166) to identify storage locations in the memory. The invention allows the set of selected optional features to be stored after the main program is stored in the memory.