Patent ID: 8798604

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving, from a network device of a service provider network, a signal originating from a wireless communication device and initially received by the network device from the wireless communication device, wherein the signal indicates a message is being directed to the wireless communication device, wherein the network device facilitates communications in a macro coverage area, and wherein the apparatus facilitates communications in another coverage area that is smaller in size than the macro coverage area, and distributing, by a base component of the apparatus, an alert to a remote device, in response to the signal, to facilitate broadcast of the alert by the remote device, wherein the distributing of the alert to the remote device is facilitated by communication with an access point device of the remote device via a wireless communication connection, wherein the wireless communication device is associated with a communication coverage area that is within a first communication range of a base station device that is associated with the service provider network and services a portion of the macro coverage area comprising the communication coverage area, and is outside of a second communication range of the access point device that services the other coverage area, and wherein the alert is customized based on input information that is received in connection with a subscription associated with the wireless communication device.