Patent ID: 8571532

Claim:
A method performed by a femto cell for providing cellular call gating, the method comprising: monitoring for a cellular signal associated with a registered cellular device within range of the femto cell; determining whether to automatically activate a call gating function associated with the registered cellular device; responsive to a determination that the call gating function associated with the registered cellular device is to be automatically activated in response to the femto cell identifying the cellular signal associated with the registered cellular device, enabling the call gating function associated with the registered cellular device; responsive to a determination that the call gating function associated with the registered cellular device is to not automatically activated in response to the femto cell identifying the cellular signal associated with the registered cellular device, monitoring for an activation signal from the registered cellular device; responsive to receiving the activation signal from cellular device, enabling the call gating function associated with the registered cellular device; responsive to enabling the call gating function associated with the registered cellular device, monitoring for an incoming call to the registered cellular device; responsive to receiving an incoming call to the registered cellular device, identifying a caller ID associated with the incoming call; determining whether the caller ID is on a list of allowed caller IDs associated with the registered cellular device; and responsive to the caller ID being on the list of allowed caller IDs associated with the registered cellular device, routing the incoming call to the registered cellular device.