SECURE ELEMENT APPARATUS WITH MEMORY
Cloud services are provided to mobile devices. Applications access cloud services through a consolidator that consolidates the services. The mobile device may include a secure element and secure memory to which the consolidator may authenticate. Authenticated consolidators can control the lifecycle of applications and data in secure memory. Secure elements and secure memory may be embedded or integrated in the mobile device in non-removable add-on slots, or may be in a removable or remote add-on device.
1 . An apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
a secure element; and
a memory device outside the secure element, wherein at least a portion of the memory device can be accessed only after authorization by the secure element.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the secure element comprises a smartcard chip.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus comprises a microSD card.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus comprises a subscriber identity module (SIM) card.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a universal serial bus (USB) connector to communicate with the mobile device.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a contactless interface to communicate with the mobile device.
7 . The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a connector compatible with a dock connector on the mobile device.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein authorization comprises authenticating a user.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein authorization comprises authenticating an application to reside in the memory.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 wherein authorization comprises authenticating a cloud service to communicate with the application.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein access after authorization results in one of adding, deleting, or modifying of data in the memory device.
12 . The apparatus of claim 1 wherein access after authorization results in one of adding, deleting, or modifying an application in the memory device.