Patent ID: 7515595

Claim:
A network node comprising: a wireless transmitter; a wireless receiver; a user interface; a processor in communication with the transmitter, receiver and user interface, wherein the processor is configured to determine if received information is specifically encoded for the network node and to conduct no further processing of the information if the information is not specifically encoded for the network node; and a controller in communication with the processor, wherein at least one of the controller or processor are configured to cause: received information determined to be specifically encoded for the network node: to be delivered to the user interface, based on a determination by the processor that the information is intended for the network node, to be transmitted by the transmitter, based on a determination by the processor that the information in intended to be forwarded to a different target network node, and generated information to be encoded in a format specifically associated with a designated target network node and to transmit, via the transmitter, the generated and specifically encoded information to the designated target network.