Patent ID: 8832850
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for secure mobile data storage, the method comprising: establishing, by a first mobile communication device, a wireless control link with a mobile data storage device using a short-range communication protocol, the wireless control link usable by the first mobile communication device to transmit control signals to the mobile data storage device; establishing, by the first mobile communication device, a first wireless data link with the mobile data storage device using a long-range communication protocol, the first wireless data link usable by the first mobile communication device to transfer data with the mobile data storage device in response to corresponding control signals transmitted to the mobile data storage device via the wireless control link; establishing, by the first mobile communication device, a second wireless data link with a second mobile communication device, the second wireless data link usable by the first mobile communication device to transfer data to the second communication device; receiving, by the first mobile communication device, a request for data from the second mobile communication device; transmitting, by the first mobile communication device, a control signal to the mobile data storage device using the wireless control link to request the data from the mobile data storage device; receiving, by the first mobile communication device, the requested data from the mobile data storage device using the first wireless data link; and transmitting, by the first mobile communication device, the received requested data to the second mobile communication device using the second wireless data link.