Patent ID: 8275400

Claim:
A method for providing ticket number service through a Femtocell Access Point (FAP) via Short Message Service (SMS), said method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a subscriber user equipment to attach to said FAP, said request containing an identifier associated with a subscriber; generating a short term ticket number indicative of said subscriber's place in a queue for service; sending an initial SMS message comprising said short term ticket number to said subscriber; periodically checking to see when said subscriber has moved up in said queue for service; sending an update SMS message comprising an indication of an updated position of the subscriber in said queue for service; when said subscriber has moved up to a first position of said queue for service, sending a final update SMS message; removing said short term ticket number from said queue for service when the subscriber notifies said FAP; said short term ticket number also being removed from said queue for service after said final update SMS message is sent.