Patent ID: 8208517

Claim:
A wireless gateway device, comprising: a first device configured to communicate with a first wireless communication system; a second device configured to communicate with a second wireless communication system, the gateway device being configured to operate in each of a plurality of possible communication modes, the plurality of possible communication modes comprising: communication with only the first wireless communication system, communication with only the second wireless communication system, simultaneous communication with both the first and second wireless communication systems, and gateway communication with both the first and second wireless communication systems such that data received by the first device from the first wireless communication system is routed through the second device to the second wireless communication system and data received by the second wireless communication system is routed through the first device to the first wireless communication system; and a controller communicatively coupled with the first device and second device and configured to place the gateway device in one of the plurality of possible communication modes, wherein the controller resides within the first device and the first device directly communicates with the second device.