Patent ID: 7805114

Claim:
A portable wireless communication system, comprising: at least one portable data device; a portable wireless unit configured to be carried by hand to a first location, the portable wireless unit having a wireless access point device and a bridge device within a single case, the wireless access point device, while at the first location, being configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one portable data device to form, at least in part, a portable wireless network; a network switch at a second location coupled to an existing network, the at least one portable data device being capable of communicating with the existing network via the network switch; a sound powered phone cable configured to physically connect the bridge device at the first location to the network switch at the second location, wherein the cable comprises an X40J phone line; and a cable reel in the portable wireless unit for dispensing the sound powered phone cable when the portable wireless unit is transported from the second location to the first location, the cable reel being configured to store the cable and to be transported with the portable wireless unit.