Patent ID: 7870274

Claim:
A method of operating a communication system, comprising: receiving first data from a network, wherein the first data includes data stored by a mass storage device; sending the first data to a first mobile communication device via a first wireless communication link, wherein said first mobile communication device is connected to a first computer system; and wherein said first mobile communication device is enumerated by said first computer system as a first locally attached mass storage device; and wherein said first mobile communication device communicates the first data to the first computer system as data that was stored on the first locally attached mass storage device; sending the first data to a second mobile communication device via a second wireless communication link, wherein said second mobile communication device is connected to a second computer system; and wherein said second mobile communication device is enumerated by said second computer system as a second locally attached mass storage device; and wherein said second mobile communication device communicates the first data to the second computer system as data that was stored on the second locally attached mass storage device; associating the first data to the first mobile communication device using a first device identifier, wherein the first device identifier is associated with the first mobile communication device; associating the first data to the second mobile communication device using a second device identifier, wherein the second device identifier is associated with the second mobile communication device; receiving second data from the second mobile communication device via the second wireless communication link; sending the second data to the network for storage by a mass storage system; receiving the second data from the mass storage system via the network; and sending the second data to the first mobile communication device via the first wireless communication link.