Patent ID: 8538476

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: establishing a cellular network plan for a mobile phone account; programming the cellular network plan into a portable memory chip; inserting the portable memory chip into a mobile phone; saving personal information into the portable memory chip via a mobile phone; removing the portable memory chip from the mobile phone; inserting the portable memory chip into a transmission device; fitting a port on the transmission device into a USB port of a computer, the computer connected to the internet via an internet connection other than the cellular network plan; linking the transmission device and the computer such that the personal information and the cellular network plan contained in the portable memory chip are converted and processed by the computer; receiving incoming data and sending outgoing data that are confined to the cellular network plan as contained in the portable memory chip; the computer assuming the role of the mobile phone via the transmission device, including all identities, subscriptions, emails, and messages directed and ascribed to the mobile phone; the computer displaying visual indications of caller-id, text message data, and voice information directed to the mobile phone on a display of the computer; displaying a photo of a caller stored on the portable memory chip on the display screen upon the transmission device receiving a call from the caller; the display screen of the computer visually providing the option to answer or ignore the call via the transmission device; the computer sending and receiving calls via the transmission device while using the internet connection other than the cellular network plan so that internet service is not disrupted during calls; incorporating use of the display screen and the hardware already installed on the computer with use of the network plan and access to the personal information contained in the portable memory chip.