Patent ID: 7738926

Claim:
A method for managing access to voice or data services via a mobile telephony network, comprising the steps during which: a communication device provided with a modem to access said mobile telephony network and with wireless communication means to scan a radio environment to communicate, within radio range, with mobile devices equipped with similar wireless communications means; the communication device sets up a first wireless connection with a first mobile device that is equipped with authentication means to connect to said mobile telephony network; the communication device sets up a second wireless connection with a second mobile device, distinct from the first mobile device, that is attempting to access voice or data services; the communication device asks a user of the first mobile device whether the user agrees for the second mobile device to access said voice or data services by using the authentication means of the first mobile device; if the user agrees, the communication device using said modem and the authentication means of the first mobile device though said first wireless connection, sets up a third wireless connection to the mobile telephony network to enable the second mobile device to access said voice or data services though said second and third connections; and if the user does not agree, the communication device refuses access to said voice or data services to the second mobile device.