Patent ID: 7408896

Claim:
A mobile access point comprising: a terminal module configured to provide one or more terminal functions for use by a user, the one or more terminal functions including a voice or data communications application; a gateway module configured to provide one or more gateway functions for use by at least one client device, the one or more gateway functions including providing the at least one client device access to a computer network; the gateway module further configured to effect communications between the plurality of clients and the mobile access point using a first wireless communications protocol, and to provide client device access by providing access point service usable by a plurality of clients to access a destination computer network, the gateway module further configured to effect communications with the computer network using a second wireless communications protocol; and a processor configured to execute the terminal module and the gateway module to effectuate their corresponding functions, wherein the first wireless communications protocol includes the 802.11 family and the second wireless communications protocol includes a packet data serving node communications protocol capable of providing data communications separate from voice communication.