Patent ID: 8588418

Claim:
A method of operating a mobile communication device, the method comprising: transferring signals from a bus communication interface to a computer system to enumerate the mobile communication device as a locally connected mass storage device, wherein the computer system is operated by a user; wirelessly transferring a registration request from a wireless communication interface indicating a device identifier for the mobile communication device; transferring an instruction from the bus communication interface to the computer system to execute a user authentication executable file stored in the locally connected mass storage device; receiving a user response into the bus communication interface that was transferred by the computer system in response to executing the user authentication executable file; wirelessly transferring the user response from the wireless communication interface, wherein a wireless communication system receives and processes the registration request and the user response to authorize the mobile communication device and the user for an authorized data storage service; in the bus communication interface, exchanging data with the computer system to provide the authorized data storage service; and in the wireless communication interface, wirelessly exchanging the data with the wireless communication system to provide the authorized data storage service.