Patent ID: 8559369

Claim:
A computing device comprising: a communication module adapted to: (1) wirelessly connect said computing device to an IP based network via a first wireless access point (AP) having a first AP Identification (APID); and (2) wirelessly communicate with other wireless enabled computing devices ; a user interface and display adapted to allow a user of said computing device to interact with destinations over the IP based network, through the first wireless AP, using a first public IP address; and an AP module adapted to: (1) provide a given device of the other wireless enabled computing devices with access to the IP based network by causing said computing device to serve the given device as a second AP having a second APID, distinct from the first APID, and provide the given device access to the network via the first AP; and (2) tunnel data traffic from the given device, through said computing device, through the first AP, through the IP network, to a proxy server, such that the proxy server acts as a proxy of the given device and the data traffic is secure from said computing device and first AP and the given device operates on the network with a public IP address distinct from the first public IP address.