Patent ID: 6975851

Claim:
A distributed wireless online access system, comprising: a plurality of primary wireless units; a plurality of secondary wireless units; and a billing unit, each primary wireless unit comprising a wireless receiver for receiving a data packet transmitted from at least one other wireless unit of the pluralities of primary and secondary wireless units, a wireless transmitter for transmitting a data packet to at least one other wireless unit of the pluralities of primary and secondary wireless units, and a processor programmed for routing a received in-transit data packet for transmission to another wireless unit of the pluralities of primary and secondary wireless units, each secondary wireless unit comprising a wireless receiver for receiving a data packet transmitted from at least one primary wireless unit, a wireless transmitter for transmitting a data packet to at least one primary wireless unit, and a processor programmed for processing the data packet received by the secondary wireless unit and for generating the data packet transmitted by the secondary wireless unit, the billing unit including a processor programmed for calculating a revenue amount to be credited, by an online access provider, to a corresponding primary subscriber for each primary wireless unit, the revenue to be credited to the corresponding primary subscriber in return for providing online access for at least one secondary subscriber corresponding to one of the secondary wireless units by data packet transmission between the primary wireless unit and the secondary wireless unit.