Patent ID: 8474050

Claim:
A computer-readable storage device comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor of a web server of a service provider, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a request to transfer data stored partially in a first subscriber identity module card and stored partially in a memory of a first wireless communication device to a second subscriber identity module card and a second wireless communication device; establishing a secure communication link between the web server and both the first communication device and the second communication device; retrieving the data stored in the first subscriber identity module and the memory of the first communication device by way of the secure communication link; and transferring a first portion of the data without a second portion of the data to the second subscriber identity module card by way of the secure communication link responsive to verifying that a recipient of the data has rightful possession of the first portion of the data and does not have rightful possession of the second portion of the data.