Patent ID: 7657287

Claim:
A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising: a transmission and reception unit adapted to interchange signals with one or more additional mobile stations or a plurality of base stations; an identification module selectively inserted into the mobile station and configured to check use authorization for the mobile station, and to activate a standby mode to allow an attempt to access data records on the mobile station based on the affirmative use authorization check; wherein at least one service or data record has a characteristic access identifier associated therewith, and wherein the service or record is available to a user via the mobile station in the standby mode and is retrievable by the user via the characteristic access identifier; wherein the characteristic access identifier is protected with an individual security code, and wherein the characteristic access identifier is assignable to a plurality of services or data records, and wherein the mobile station comprises at least one security component into which the security code is input or transmitted in order to activate or deactivate the characteristic access identifier to disable or enable access to the service or data record, wherein the security code comprises one or more of a code comprising one or more graphical symbols or one or more graphical characters, a biometric feature of an authorized user, an audio feature of an authorized user, a wirelessly transmitted electrical signal, or a bar code or magnetic code on an identification card or chip card.