Patent ID: 7424024

Claim:
An integrated secure gateway system, comprising in combination: a gateway interface for initializing wireless and wired broadband communications, for providing gateway, routing and bridging for wireless and wired broadband networking communications and for automatic service provisioning for allocating, configuring and maintaining multiple transmission channels and virtual communications paths used for wired and wireless broadband communications; a wired communications interface for connecting to external wired devices, for connecting to one or more wired broadband communications networks and for providing wired broadband communications; a wireless communications interface for connecting to external wireless devices, for connecting to one or more wireless broadband communications networks, for providing wireless broadband communications; a security interface for providing secure communications via the wired communications interface and via the wireless communications interface; and a network power module for providing power to the integrated secure gateway system, wherein the network power module obtains power from a communications wire connected between the integrated gateway system and a wired communications network.