Patent ID: 8526466

Claim:
An interface device for providing communications between a plurality of source devices and a plurality of destination devices, the interface device comprising: a processor; and memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving data in a first format from a source device of the plurality of source devices, identifying a destination device of the plurality of destination devices for receiving the data, identifying a second format compatible with the destination device of the plurality of destination devices, translating the data to the second format, assigning a priority to the data, wherein the priority indicates an order of transmitting the data, during a time of data congestion, to the destination device of the plurality of destination devices in relation to other data to be transmitted, the other data to be transmitted received from at least another source device of the plurality of source devices and stored at the interface device, and wherein the priority is based on priority preferences specified by a user of the interface device and defined in a user profile of the user stored on the interface device, and transmitting the data to the destination device based on the priority.