Patent ID: 9300813
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for a cellular-enabled communication device to communicate via a femtocell, comprising: receiving at a femtocell management entity from an owner/operator entity via a network, configuration information to control access to the femtocell that is one of a first plurality of femtocells in a first list of remotely-managed femtocells; receiving at the femtocell management entity from the cellular-enabled communication device via the network, a connection-to-service request that includes attributes of a second plurality of femtocells to which connection is desired by the cellular-enabled communication device; selecting, by the femtocell management entity, a third plurality of femtocells from among the first plurality of femtocells that match the attributes of the connection-to-service request, from the first list of remotely-managed femtocells; transmitting, from the femtocell management entity, a second list of femtocells having a fourth plurality of femtocells selected from among the third plurality of femtocells that are within a particular distance of a current location of the cellular-enabled communication device; and transmitting, from the femtocell management entity, information pertaining to the fourth plurality of femtocells, the information including details of a service level agreement (SLA), comprising a monetary cost for utilizing each of the fourth plurality of femtocells and time periods to establish cellular communication channels, that is agreed upon before the cellular-enabled communication device is permitted to utilize the femtocell in the second list of femtocells, wherein the attributes include power consumption, a second monetary cost, bandwidth, latency, and security of resulting cellular communications with the femtocell.