System and method of extending smart card capability via a coupling with a portable electronic device

摘要

The invention is a portable host machine comprising a smart card and a connector. The connector has a set of pads able to communicate through a first protocol. The smart card has at least a first pad able to communicate using a second protocol. The connector has at least an additional pad able to communicate using the second protocol. The first and additional pads are privately linked into said portable host machine.
In one embodiment there is a wired direct link provided between the SIM card of a mobile phone and a connected external memory card in order to increase the available memory for the SIM card.