Patent ID: 8385827

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a wireless platform adapted for communication with at least one additional wireless platform, wherein said wireless platform and said at least one additional wireless platform each have their own set of wireless communication devices and capabilities, wherein at least one of said wireless communication devices and capabilities are in common between said wireless platform and said at least one additional wireless platform; and virtual device to virtualize to said wireless platform some or all wireless devices and capabilities available on said at least one additional wireless platform when said wireless platform and said at least one additional wireless platform are within communication range of each other or are on at least one common wireless communication protocol, wherein said wireless platform virtualizing to said wireless platform some or all wireless devices and capabilities available on said at least one additional wireless platform enables range extension such that a range of said at least one additional wireless platform is virtualized to said wireless platform by enabling a link through which a virtual connection to a further additional wireless platform over a same or different communications protocol than said further additional wireless platform is using.