Patent ID: 7551590

Claim:
A wireless device comprising: a processor; a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions for generating a short-range radio signal, processing user information, and providing a plurality of services; and an antenna, coupled to the processor, to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to the instructions and the processor, wherein the wireless device is configured to communicate with a wireless gateway device over a short-range wireless network, and wherein the wireless gateway device is configured to: route information received by the wireless gateway device over a wide area network to the wireless device over the short-range wireless network using a public Internet Protocol (IP) address; route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more destinations over the wide area network using the public IP address; route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more destinations over the wide area network using the public IP address; route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more other devices over the short-range wireless network using the private IP address; provide the wireless device with the ability to share one or more services with the other devices; provide the wireless device with the ability to add to, update, or otherwise manage the shared services; and provide the wireless device with a security management mechanism.