Patent ID: 8666437

Claim:
A mobile communications resource manager (MCRM), comprising: at least one smart card configured to accept and store a user's personal information suitable for use in commercial transactions and communications operations; at least one cellular radio modem; at least one non-cellular radio modem; a controller configured for: establishing a short-range wireless connection via said non-cellular modem to at least one user accessible electronic device with human interface functionality; accepting a service request from said at least one user accessible electronic device; and making a modem selection by selecting either a cellular or a non-cellular connection via a modem resident in said mobile communications resource manager to provide t-he a communications link for said service request, based on a rule resident in said mobile communications resource manager, and a near field communication modem for use in management of connections and proximity based connectionless transactions of said at least one of a plurality of user accessible electronic devices, wherein said near field communication modem comprises: an identity transfer module configured for enabling a transfer of identity and related personal and system data between at least two mobile communications resource managers that are of a same type, wherein one of said at least two mobile communications resource managers is a transfer initiating device, said transfer enabling said transfer initiating device with shared identical credentials and disabling a second device of said at least two mobile communications resource managers, wherein said second device that is disabled loses an ability to access said credentials stored within it, said credentials needed for transaction or identity authentication.