Apparatus and method for coupling a network data device to a digital network

A method for communicatively coupling a network data device to an interconnected data network, the network data device comprising a wireless messaging circuitry and a data connection circuitry, the method comprising:

• at the network data device, receiving a request to contact another device communicatively coupled to the wireless messaging circuitry, the wireless messaging circuitry operable in the low power state;
• changing the power usage of the data connection circuitry from a low power usage state to a high power usage state, the high power usage state indicative of the data connection circuitry operable to communicatively couple to the interconnected data network;
• sending data through the data connection circuitry to another device, the another device communicatively coupled to the network.

A method for obtaining a network address for a network data device, the network data device comprising a wireless messaging circuitry and a data connection circuitry, the method comprising:

• at the network data device, receiving a request to contact a first device communicatively coupled to the wireless messaging circuitry, the wireless messaging circuitry operable in the low power state;
• obtaining a network address from a second device communicatively coupled to the network data device, the network address an indicia to where other devices communicatively coupled to the interconnected data network can send data to the network data device;
• sending data through the data connection circuitry to another device, the another device communicatively coupled to the network;