Patent ID: 9591486
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,G06Q,G07F,G16H,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: determining, by a routing device of an enterprise femto network that comprises a processor, that a mobile device is coupled to a femto access point device of femto access point devices that are deployed in the enterprise femto network, wherein the femto access point devices are coupled to a network gateway device via a common backhaul link; subsequent to the determining, receiving, by the routing device, status data indicative of an operational status of an intra-premises device of an intra-premises network that is coupled to the enterprise femto network and deployed within a coverage area of the femto access point devices, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the status data independent of utilizing the network gateway device; and facilitating, by the routing device, a transmission of the status data to the mobile device via the femto access point device and independent of utilizing the network gateway device, wherein the facilitating comprises facilitating the transmission via a text message and wherein the transmission is assigned a first fee that is less than a second fee assigned to another transmission of data that is routed between the mobile device and the intra-premises device via the network gateway device.