Method for operating a mobile telephone

1. A method for operating a mobile telephone in a motor vehicle having a handsfree device installed in the motor vehicle, wherein

the mobile telephone has a display device, and

the handsfree device has an electrical controller, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving information by the mobile telephone from a telephone network;

sending the information from the mobile telephone to the electrical controller;

processing the information by the electrical controller;

sending the processed information then to the mobile telephone; and

displaying the processed information on the display device of the mobile telephone after said step of sending the processed information to the mobile telephone.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile telephone has an input device, and further comprising the steps of:

sending control signals, which are input by means of the input device, from the mobile telephone to the electrical controller;

processing the control signals by the electrical controller; and

sending the processed information to the mobile telephone before being implemented in the mobile telephone.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

sending the information from the mobile telephone to the electrical controller on a first channel;

sending the information from the electrical controller to the mobile telephone on a second channel, and

sending control signals from the mobile telephone to the electrical controller on the second channel; and

sending the control signals from the electrical controller to the mobile telephone on the first channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of:

sending one or more of the information and control signals from the mobile telephone to the electrical controller and/or from the electrical controller to the mobile telephone by means of a wireless link.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the wireless link is a Bluetooth link.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a supplementary antenna is used for communication between the mobile telephone and the telephone network.

7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

sending telephony signals from the mobile telephone via the electrical controller to a loudspeaker; and

sending telephony signals from a microphone via the electrical controller to the mobile telephone.

8. A handsfree device for operating a mobile telephone having a display device in a motor vehicle comprising:

an electrical controller configured to

process information sent from a telephone network through the mobile telephone,

perform one or more routines selected from the group consisting of noise rejection and reduction of a car radio volume, and

send the processed information to the mobile telephone for display of the processed information on the display device of the mobile telephone; and

cable connections to at least one of microphones and loudspeakers.

9. An electrical controller of a handsfree device for operating a mobile telephone in a motor vehicle, the electrical controller being configured to execute the steps of:

receiving information from a telephone network through the mobile telephone;

processing the information by the electrical controller;

performing one or more routines selected from the group consisting of noise rejection and reduction of a car radio volume; and

sending the processed information to the mobile telephone for display of the processed information on a display device of the mobile telephone,

wherein the electrical controller is installed in the motor vehicle.

10. The electrical controller according to claim 9 , wherein the display device is a touchscreen which functions as an input device.