Methods, smart cards, and systems for providing portable computer, VOIP, and application services
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Abstract
A smart card is used with a network based system to providing portable telecommunication and computing services. In an exemplary embodiment the smart card holds a user authentication code and user telephony account information. The smart card transfers the user authentication code and the account information to one of a plurality of geographically dispersed card readers which are each connected to a local telephony device. When the smart card is plugged into a first card reader, telephone calls directed to the smart card user'"'"'s follow-me telephone number are received at a first local telephony device. When the smart card is plugged into a second smart card reader, telephone calls directed to the follow-me telephone number are received at a second telephony local device. Hence the user is enabled to receive and place calls using any of the geographically dispersed telephony devices as though they were his/her own personal landline or cellular telephone supplied by his/her telephony services provider.
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23. A system for providing portable computer services, comprising:
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a plurality of smart cards, each smart card associated with a corresponding user, each smart card including a storage medium including executable code, wherein the executable code is configured to provide an associated set of configuration data customized for a user, the plurality of smart cards including a particular smart card including particular executable code that is configured to provide a particular set of information corresponding to a particular set of remote application programs associated with the particular user; and a plurality of smart card reader devices, each being coupled to an associated local computerized device, the plurality of smart card reader devices including a first smart card reader device coupled to a first computerized device and a second smart card reader coupled to a second computerized device, wherein the first and second computerized devices are both coupled to a data network coupled to one or more remote application servers operated by one or more remote application service provider entities, each of the application servers including an associated set of one or more remote application programs; wherein when the particular smart card is plugged into the first smart card reader, the particular set of information is provided by the particular smart card to the first computerized device, in response to which the first computerized device provides access to a particular set of remote application programs provided by one or more of the remote application servers, and when the particular smart card is plugged into the second smart card reader, the particular set of information is provided by the particular smart card to the second computerized device, in response to which the second computerized device provides access to the particular set of remote application programs. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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