Patent ID: 8774148

Claim:
A wireless local area network (WLAN) access point configured for facilitating IP-based communications over a telecommunications network controlled by a telecommunications service provider, wherein the telecommunications network includes a network server, the WLAN access point comprising: an antenna; a WLAN radio connected to the antenna and configured to provide WLAN connectivity; a network connection component configured to communicate with an IP-based network and connected to transmit and receive data received from the WLAN radio; a telephone connector component configured to accept a wired connection to a landline telephone; a visual indicator device associated with the telephone connector component; an identification module socket configured to accept an identification module, wherein the identification module includes a tamper-resistant memory and wherein the tamper-resistant memory has stored therein a subscriber identifier, and wherein the subscriber identity is neither a Medium Access Control (MAC) address nor an electronic serial number (ESN); a processor, coupled to the WLAN radio, the network connection component, the telephone connector component, the visual indicator device, and the identification module socket, wherein the processor is configured to: facilitate provisioning telecommunications services between the telephone connector component and the IP-based network, wherein the telecommunications services include voice communications services over the IP-based network; receive a missing information notification; and, control the visual indicator device based on receiving the missing information notification, wherein the missing information notification is received from the network server; and, a housing at least partially enclosing the WLAN radio, the network connection component, the telephone connector component, the visual indicator device, the identification module socket, and the processor.