Patent ID: 8130704

Claim:
A method, comprising: Establishing a gateway node, communicably coupled to an external network, a first tier Node of a wireless home mesh network, the first tier node controls access to the external network; Classifying one or more stationary home electronic devices as a second tier node being a stationary node of the wireless home mesh network that is electrically coupled to an AC power outlet, the classifying of the one or more stationary home electronic devices includes automatically discovering one of the stationary home electronic devices as the stationary node of the wireless home mesh network; Classifying one or more mobile electronic devices as a third tier node, the third tier node being a battery-powered mobile node of the wireless home mesh network; and Wirelessly communicating with at least one of the first tier node, the second tier node, and the third tier node to receive a service within the wireless home mesh network, the wireless communications include establishing a wireless link with the stationary node to joint the wireless home mesh network, and wirelessly sharing features and content from the wireless home mesh network with the stationary node that joined the wireless home mesh network.