Abstract: This invention relates to a method for remotely updating a portable storage device, comprising the steps of: a) delaying an access to an identification card interface of a portable storage device communicating with a hosting device by acknowledging with one or more consecutive no operation procedure byte to commands issued by the hosting device, the portable storage device being installed in an identification card socket; b) updating the portable storage device with new data through an updating device connected to an update interface of the portable storage device during the access of said hosting device to the identification card interface; and c) providing the new data to the hosting device through the identification card interface after the new data is updated in the portable storage device.

Abstract: A system for registering a cellular device, comprising: a hosting cellular device; a remote network node; and a socket communication device, comprising: a non cellular communication module which establishes a non cellular communication connection with the remote network node over a non cellular communication network and acquires identification and/or authentication data of a subscriber of a visited cellular network from the remote network node over the non cellular communication connection; a subscriber authentication unit adaptor configured to engage with contacts of a subscriber authentication unit socket of the hosting cellular device; and a managing module which receives the identification and/or authentication data from the non cellular communication module and provides the identification and/or authentication data to the hosting cellular device via the authentication unit adaptor; wherein the authentication unit adaptor forwards the identification and/or authentication data to the hosting cellular commu

Abstract: This inventions relates to an identity suspension method and system for a mobile device designed for operation with a subscriber identification module (SIM) card, wherein the mobile device further includes a virtual SIM device. The virtual SIM device acts as a bridge between a remotely located SIM card, and the mobile device. The virtual SIM device can detect when the mobile device requests an identity or when the cellular services provider is attempting to authenticate the identity associated with the mobile device. Should the virtual SIM device sense that the process may not be completed for any reason, the virtual SIM device returns a transient error to the mobile device and effectively present a new “parking” identity to the mobile device using procedures defined in SIM toolkit.