Patent ID: 7904622

Claim:
A lightweight USB mass storage device comprising: a printed circuit board having a microprocessor, a first non-volatile memory storing a first unique identifier of the lightweight USB mass storage device, and a second volatile memory storing at least one second unique identifier received from one or more capable external devices; a USB controller connected to said microprocessor; a USB connector connected to said printed circuit board; an internal power source means for maintaining operations of the lightweight USB mass storage device; a wireless transceiver receiving the at least one second unique identifier from the capable external devices to be stored in said second volatile memory, wherein said wireless transceiver is connected to the printed circuit board; means for indicating a status of the lightweight USB mass storage device; a transmit identifier means for initiating the wireless transceiver to transfer the first unique identifier from the lightweight USB mass storage device to said capable external devices; and means for uploading said first unique identifier and said at least one second unique identifier to a client computer upon establishing a connection between the lightweight USB mass storage device and the client computer, wherein the client computer provides associated additional information for each said uploaded at least one second unique identifier from a database of a remote server via a network after a user successfully authenticated to download the associated additional information from the remote server; wherein the remote server realizes the associated additional information from associations of the uploaded said first unique identifier and said at least one second unique identifier.