Patent ID: 8619674

Claim:
A method comprising: a first wireless access point wirelessly receiving a request from a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the first wireless access point comprises a femtocell access point and defines a first wireless coverage area, wherein the request includes a WCD identifier that identifies the WCD, and wherein the WCD identifier comprises a media access control (MAC) address; and in response to the request, the first wireless access point (i) transmitting, to a second wireless access point, a whitelist of devices permitted to use the second wireless access point, wherein the whitelist of devices includes the WCD identifier, wherein the second wireless access point comprises a Wifi access point and defines a second wireless coverage area, and (ii) transmitting a reply to the WCD, wherein the reply contains identifying information that identifies the second wireless coverage area, wherein the whitelist is maintained by the second wireless access point, and wherein transmitting the whitelist comprises: the first wireless access point transmitting the WCD identifier to the second wireless access point; and the second wireless access point revising the whitelist to include the WCD identifier.