Patent ID: 8718706

Claim:
A method of directing calls on a mobile communication device, the method comprising: upon receiving a call signal at the mobile communication device from a short-range enabled communication device operably connected to the mobile communication device, the call signal for a call associated with subscriber identity module data of the mobile communication device: in response to determining that a subscriber identity module access connection between the mobile communication device and the short-range enabled communication device is active and that subscriber identity module data of the short-range enabled communication device is available for the mobile communication device, preparing an outgoing call signal using the subscriber identity module data for the short-range enabled communication device; establishing a communication session between the short-range enabled communication device and a network using the first communication subsystem of the mobile communication device and a short-range communication link between the short-range enabled communication device and the mobile communication device; and transmitting the outgoing call signal to the network.