Method and apparatus for transferring data between mobile telephones and other digital devices

An apparatus for bidirectional transfer of data contained in a cellular phone memory to a target digital device for backup, update or modification, comprising:

• a non-powered low complexity digital device further comprised of:
• a central processing unit;
• a memory;
• two input/output ports, the first of said input/output ports configured to accommodate a target digital device interface connection, the second of said input/output ports configured to accept one of a plurality of manufacturer's characteristic adapters said manufacturer's characteristic adapters providing mechanical and electrical interface between said non-powered low complexity digital device and a cellular telephone, and each of said input/output ports providing power to said low complexity digital device upon connection of said input/output port;
• a resident software program in said memory of said low complexity digital device, said resident software program capable of transferring data to and from a cellular telephone to said memory of low complexity digital device via said second input/output port upon user activation of functions provided by said resident software program, and;
• an application software program resident on said target digital device said application software program capable of transferring data to and from said memory of said low complexity digital device to said target digital device via said first input/output port upon user selection of a plurality of functions provided by said application software program.

A system including at least a non-powered, low complexity digital device including at least an Inter-Device Transfer Processor (IDTP), the IDTP comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU);
• a memory;
• user controls,
• two input/output ports,
• a first of said two input/output ports being a device input/output that is configured to accommodate a target digital device interface connection,
• a second of said two input/output ports being cell phone input/output port that is configured to accept one of a plurality of manufacturer's characteristic adapters said manufacturer's characteristic adapters providing mechanical and electrical interface between said non-powered low complexity digital device and a cellular telephone, and each of said input/output ports providing power to said low complexity digital device upon connection of said input/output port;
• and
• a resident software program in said memory of said low complexity digital device, said resident software program including one or more instructions that cause a transferring of data from a cellular telephone to said memory of the low complexity digital device, via said second input/output port upon a user activation of functions provided by said resident software program.

A method comprising:

• attaching a cellular phone to a low complexity digital device apparatus, said cellular phone providing operational power to said low complexity digital device apparatus;
• selecting one of a plurality of data transfer actions by depressing a button;
• monitoring said low complexity digital device apparatus to determine when said selected one of said data transfer actions from said cellular phone is successful;
• detaching said low complexity digital device apparatus from said cellular phone;
• attaching said low complexity digital device apparatus to a target digital device, said target digital device providing power to said low complexity digital device apparatus;
• launching a session with said target digital device, the launching of the session results in automatically retrieving said data transferred from said cellular phone;
• selecting an action from among a plurality of actions possible from said application program said action being selected from among upload and download;
• completing said selected action;
• detaching said low complexity digital device apparatus from said target digital device;
• reattaching said cellular phone to a low complexity digital device apparatus, said cellular phone again providing operational power to said low complexity digital device apparatus;
• reselecting one of a plurality of data transfer actions by depressing a button;
• monitoring said low complexity digital device apparatus to determine when said reselected one of said data transfer actions from said cellular phone is successful, and;
• redetaching said low complexity digital device apparatus from said cellular phone.