Patent ID: 8488541

Claim:
A portable gateway device facilitating enabling shared access to a proprietary wireless communications network, the portable gateway device comprising: a local power supply; at least one processor; at least one memory; an identification module associated with a proprietary wireless network; a first wireless communications component; and a second wireless communications component having longer range communications capability than the first wireless communications component, wherein the portable gateway device enables one or more external computing device accessing the proprietary wireless network by: establishing communications with a first external computing device using the first wireless communications component; authenticating access with the proprietary wireless network using the second wireless communications component; and relaying communications between the first external computing device and the proprietary wireless network using the first wireless communications component and the second wireless communications component, and wherein the portable gateway device enables a second external computing device accessing the proprietary wireless network at the same time the first external computing device accesses the proprietary wireless network.