Patent ID: 8407759

Claim:
A mobile data storage device comprising: a first communication circuit to establish a wireless control link with a mobile communication device using a short-range communication protocol; a second communication circuit, different from the first communication circuit, to establish a wireless data link with the mobile communication device using a long-range communication protocol; a data storage to store data received from the mobile communication device; and a processing circuit to (i) communicate with the mobile communication device via the wireless control link to receive commands from the mobile communication device, (ii) retrieve data from the data storage and transmit the retrieved data to the mobile communication device using the wireless data link in response to a first command received via the wireless control link, (iii) receive data from the mobile communication device via the wireless data link and store the received data in the data storage in response to a second command received via the wireless control link, (iv) determine whether the mobile communication device is within a reference security range of the mobile data storage device as a function of the wireless control link, and (v) perform at least one security function on the mobile data storage device in response to the mobile communication device being out of the reference security communication range.