Patent ID: 8797943

Claim:
A method comprising: establishing, at a private access point device, a local network accessible by one or more communication devices; determining, at the private access point device, one or more services that may be provided to communication devices of the one or more communication devices; advertising information, at the private access point device, about the determined services in the local network for reception by the one or more communication devices; receiving, at the private access point device, a service request from a respective communication device; in response to the received service request, initiating provision of a requested service at the private access point device to the respective communication device; identifying, at the private access point device, incentives available to the private access point device to compensate the private access point device for provision by the private access point device of the requested service to the respective communication device; and at the private access point device, crediting an account associated with the private access point device or a service provider associated with the private access point device according to an identified incentive.