Multi-mode wireless intercom

A wireless intercom device, comprising:

• one or more speakers;
• one or more microphones;
• a digital processor configured to receive audio from the one or more microphones and convert the audio to audio data;
• and
• a communication module configured to:
• packetize the audio data for communication to a remote server via an intercom wireless local area network (WLAN);
• and
• associate each packet with one or more unique identification numbers, wherein each unique identification number is associated with a multi-radio access technology (m-RAT) device to enable the remote server to route the audio data to one or more m-RAT devices via one or more of an m-RAT WLAN or an m-RAT wireless wide area network (WWAN) using the one or more unique identification numbers.

At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for routing audio data to from a wireless intercom device, the instructions when executed by at least one processor, perform the following:

• receive audio at a microphone of a wireless intercom device;
• convert the audio to audio data;
• tag the audio data with one or more unique identifiers, wherein each unique identifier is associated with one or more additional wireless intercom devices or one or more multi-radio access technology (m-RAT) devices;
• and
• wirelessly communicate the tagged audio data to a remote server to enable the remote server to route the audio data to the one or more additional wireless intercom devices and the one or more m-RAT devices based on the one or more unique identifiers.