Patent ID: 8295882

Claim:
A method, for managing access to a femtocell coverage area, comprising: receiving, by a system including at least one computer processor, information indicating that a communication device is in the femtocell coverage area; granting, by the system, the communication device temporary access to the femtocell coverage area using a first identifier, corresponding to a service to which the communication device is subscribed, to facilitate selection of a second identifier; obtaining, by the system, the second identifier, the second identifier corresponding to the communication device; storing, by the system, in a memory component the first identifier and the second identifier; and granting, by the system, the communication device access to the femtocell coverage area using the second identifier; wherein obtaining the second identifier comprises one of: (i) generating a second identifier request including a second-identifier list; sending the second-identifier request to the communication device, wherein the second-identifier request is routed to the communication device using the first identifier; and receiving, in response to the second-identifier request, a second-identifier response comprising one of (i a ) a selection of the second identifier, wherein the selection is of a specific identifier selected from the second-identifier list, and (i b ) a user-created code comprising at least one alphanumeric character to be used as the second identifier; and (ii) selecting the second identifier from a plurality of unassigned identifiers which are generated by at least one of (ii a ) a mobile network operator associated with the femtocell coverage area, (ii b ) a first establishment associated with the femtocell coverage area, and (iii c ) a second establishment associated with the first establishment.