Patent ID: 8625461

Claim:
A mobile station comprising: a memory; a processor; a radio transceiver configured to establish and maintain a broadband connection with a mobile communication network; wireless local-area network (WLAN) means having a first mode of usage acting as a WLAN client, and a second mode of usage acting as a WLAN base station capable of communicating with at least one WLAN terminal over a WLAN network; a gateway application stored in the memory and executed by the processor to: activate the second mode of the WLAN means, create a network identifier for the WLAN base station, assign an internet protocol address for the at least one WLAN terminal, resolve domain name service (DNS) queries in cooperation with an external DNS service system, assign at least one port number for each protocol supported by the gateway application, tunnel internet traffic between the at least one WLAN terminal and an internet host over the broadband connection, and deactivate the second mode of the WLAN means in response to a detected absence of WLAN terminal activity for a predetermined period of time.