Patent 8195232 was granted and assigned to AT&T Mobility on June, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A universal radio module for cellular communications devices can be plugged into any appropriately configured host device to supply the host device with cellular communication capability. The module can comprise three logical module-to-host interfaces—a voice interface, a data interface, and a management interface. The module may further comprise a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) physical interface and/or an antenna physical interface.