Patent ID: 7873989

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: A mobile communication device having a first transceiver configured to communicate through a cellular network with a server associated with a service provider to receive and store in a memory a key from the service provider, the key having an identification tag identifying the service provider and validity information relating to a service provided by said service provider; said mobile communications device further having a processor and a second transceiver, said processor configured to cause the mobile communications device to receive and transmit short range, low power, high frequency signals through the second transceiver; an access device having a transceiver for communicating with the mobile communications device through the second transceiver, wherein the access device isconfigured to receive said key and said validity information, wherein the access device is configured to determine, without any connection to the service provider whether or not the key and the validity information are valid and if said key and validity information are valid, then the access device is configured to provide access to the service.