Patent ID: 7962173

Claim:
A portable personal server device suitable for functioning as a server when connected to an external network, the portable personal server device comprising: a local server for processing data between the portable personal server device and a communication terminal equipped with a local network connector suitable for connection to the portable personal server device: a network server for processing data between the portable personal server device and an external device through an external network connected to the communication terminal by said communication terminal's local network connector; memory for storing an operating system for controlling the data processing operations of the local server and the network server, the memory also storing application services executable by the portable personal server device, the memory also storing user specific data, the operating system loading the application services into other memory locations on demand during execution; a messaging API for (i) allowing the communication terminal and other devices networked to the communication terminal to discover and use the application services and access the user specific data stored in memory as if the application services and data were stored in the communications terminal or another device networked to the communication terminal and (ii) facilitating secure communication between the communication terminal and the portable personal server device and between the portable personal server device and other devices networked to the communication terminal; an individual authenticator for authenticating an individual based on biometric information: and a control that makes said local server and said network server useable only when an individual is authenticated by said individual authenticator.