Patent ID: 8353048

Claim:
A computer system having a processor and a memory, the computer system operable to execute a method for operating a computing device and a mobile device to access one or more computer software with a secure access, comprising: communicating between the computing device and the mobile device over a connection, wherein the connection is selected from a group including a USB connection, an Ethernet connection, a serial port connection, a parallel port connection, and a wireless connection, and wherein the wireless connection is selected from a group including Bluetooth, infrared, WiFi, and WiMax; accessing for an authentication a set of information on the mobile device from the computing device; authenticating, with authentication information on the mobile device, a user at the computing device by validating at least a digital rights management (DRM) access for the user to execute a computer software installed on the mobile device; and operating from the computing device the computer software executed on the mobile device.