Patent ID: 7672695

Claim:
A portable access point comprising: a wireless local area network (LAN) transceiver that selectively establishes a plurality of wireless links with a plurality of wireless client devices, respectively, and that includes a sleep mode that ends transmission and waits for a resume signal to be received; a wireless wide area network (WAN) transceiver that establishes a data connection with an Internet Service Provider (ISP), that receives and forwards data packets from at least one of said wireless client devices to said ISP, and that receives and forwards data packets from said ISP to said one of said wireless client devices; a routing device that routes data packets between said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver; a power source that provides portable power for said portable access point; a control module that controls operation of said wireless LAN transceiver and said wireless WAN transceiver, wherein said control module selectively transitions said wireless LAN transceiver to said sleep mode when packets have not been received at said wireless LAN transceiver for a first period of time, and wherein said first period of time is based on said state of charge; and a first storage device that stores operating system and application instructions for said control module.