Interface Devices for Facilitating Communications Between Devices and Communications Networks

A destination interface device for providing communications between a first device and a second device, comprising:

• an input for receiving data in a first format from the first device via a source interface device;
• logic configured for
• determining that the data cannot be received directly from the first device,
• in response to determining that the data cannot be received directly from the first device, detecting the source interface device configured for transmitting the data to the input,
• establishing a peer-to-peer network with the source interface device,
• sending a request for the data from the source interface device,
• receiving the data at the input,
• identifying the second device for receiving the data,
• identifying a second format compatible with the second device, and
• translating the data to the second format to create translated data;
• and
• an output for transmitting the translated data to the second device.