Patent ID: 8606880

Claim:
A method for expanding storage capacity of a wireless device, the method comprising: allocating via a server a storage space of a predefined capacity for the wireless device, the storage space being remotely located with respect to the wireless device; creating a file system for the storage space allocated for the wireless device; establishing a link for the wireless device access to the storage space; and updating the file system whenever a user of the wireless device performs an operation to the storage space, wherein the updating of the file system comprises updating the file system for storing a file therein, the storing of a file including to download a file from a remote web server, according to download information for the file cached in the wireless device received therefrom, directly into the storage device when the user via a web browser executed on the wireless device to perform an operation of downloading the file from the remote web server to the storage space instead of downloading the file into the wireless device itself.