Patent ID: 9059969
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A portable device configured to communicate with a terminal comprising a processor, an input component, an output component, a network communication interface, and a memory configured to store executable program code, including first program code which, when executed by the terminal processor, is configured to present an interactive user interface on the terminal output component, and second program code which, when executed by the terminal processor, is configured to provide a communications node on the terminal to facilitate communications to the portable device and to a communications network node through the terminal network communication interface, the portable device comprising: (a) an external communication interface configured to enable the transmission of communications between the portable device and the terminal; (b) a processor; and (c) a memory having executable program code stored thereon, including: wherein the portable device is configured to facilitate communications through the communication node on the terminal and the terminal network interface to a communications network node.