Patent ID: 8285326

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a first device operating a first wireless communication protocol of a first wireless network; a second device operating a second wireless communication protocol of a second wireless network; a third device having control circuitry and transceiver circuitry, the control circuitry configured to operate the transceiver circuitry using each of the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol, wherein the third device further comprises input/output hardware configured for communicating in a non-wireless manner, the control circuitry being further configured to identify which of the first wireless communication protocol of the first wireless network or the second wireless communication protocol of the second wireless network is being used in association with a received message such that if the received message is identified as using the first wireless communication protocol of the first wireless network, the received message is directed for further communication within the first wireless network, and if the received message is identified as using the second wireless communication protocol of the second wireless network, the received message is directed for further communication within the second wireless network, wherein the control circuitry of the third device is further configured to direct data, when so addressed, from a wired network to the first device using the first wireless network or the second device using the second wireless network; and a fourth device coupled to the third device, the fourth device producing data related to one or more environmental or industrial conditions, wherein the third device receives and stores data from the fourth device.