Apparatus, system and method for providing services through a multi-mode wireless terminal device

摘要

A multi-mode wireless terminal device includes a first network interface for communicating with a first wireless network and a second network interface for communicating with a second wireless network. The second wireless network offers services that are not necessarily provided by the first wireless network. The multi-mode wireless terminal device acts as a gateway so that wireless terminal devices operating on the first wireless network may connect to the multi-mode wireless terminal device in order to access the services of the second wireless network. The multi-mode terminal device can limit access to the services based on operational parameters such as battery power level, wireless signal strength, usage time, processing load and the like.