Patent ID: 8331945
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communications method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless gateway device in a wireless network, a first wireless data request from a first wireless client, wherein the first wireless client is geographically outside of its assigned first calling area within the wireless network; receiving, by the wireless gateway device in the wireless network, a second wireless data request from a second wireless client, wherein the second wireless client is geographically outside of its assigned first calling area within the wireless network; providing, by the wireless gateway device, a local exchange point of presence to the first wireless client in response to the first wireless data request, the local exchange point of presence selected based on a determination that a current geographic proximity location of the first wireless client is in close proximity to the wireless gateway device and physically within the wireless gateway device's assigned second calling area, wherein the local exchange point of presence comprises a local telephone number that is provided to the first wireless client; denying, by the wireless gateway device, a local exchange point of presence to the second wireless client in response to the second wireless data request, the local exchange point of presence being denied based on a determination that a current geographic location of the second wireless client is not in close proximity to the wireless gateway device and is not physically within the wireless gateway device's assigned second calling area; providing a wireless data service to the first wireless client with the local telephone number through the local exchange point of presence for communications between the first wireless client located in the second calling area and the wireless gateway device without incurring long-distance charges; and providing a wireless data service to the second wireless client through a telephone number associated with the assigned first calling area for communications between the second wireless client located outside the second calling area and the wireless gateway device located in the second calling area thereby incurring long-distance charges, wherein providing the wireless data service comprises routing messages from the wireless gateway device over an intermediate network to a remote second gateway of a remote wireless client.