Patent ID: 8831676

Claim:
A mobile communication device comprising: a communication subsystem operable to communicate with a wireless network; a short-range communication subsystem operable to communicate with a short-range enabled communication device comprising a first subscriber identity module having a first subscriber identity data associated therewith; and a processor communicably connected to the communication subsystem and to the short-range communication subsystem and operable to: receive a call signal originating on the short-range enabled communication device operably connected to the mobile communication device via the short-range enabled communication subsystem; determine whether the first subscriber identity data associated with short-range enabled communication device is available and accessed by the mobile communication device from the first subscriber identity module; in response to determining that the first subscriber identity data is available and accessed by the mobile communication device from the first subscriber identity module, establish a communication session between the wireless network and the short-range enabled communication device with the first subscriber identity data while appearing to the wireless network directly as the short-range enabled communication device; and transmit an outgoing call signal to the wireless network.