Patent ID: 8156542

Claim:
A method comprising: determining, at a first instance, that a mobile device is disposed locally with respect to a Residential Gateway of a local area network based on an identification that said mobile device connects to said Residential Gateway while said mobile device is physically disposed within said local area network; allowing said mobile device to enroll in said local area network by setting a variable to a mobile device identifier to correspond to said mobile device while said mobile device is disposed locally with respect to said Residential Gateway, wherein setting of said variable to said mobile device identifier is limited to mobile devices determined to be disposed locally with respect to said Residential Gateway; receiving a request for data originating from said mobile device at a second instance subsequent to said first instance when said mobile device is disposed remotely with respect to said Residential Gateway; and delivering said data from a service provider to said mobile device, when said mobile device is disposed remotely with respect to said Residential Gateway based on said enrollment of said mobile device while physically disposed within said local area network.