Patent ID: 8863235

Claim:
A method, comprising: populating, by a system comprising a processor, an access control data structure with timing data and logout data, wherein the timing data is indicative of a time period during which a user equipment is authorized to access a femto access point device and the logout data specifies when a logout procedure to disconnect the user equipment from the femto access point device is to be implemented; receiving, by a system comprising a processor, frequency data indicative of a frequency of adjusting the timing data, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the frequency data from the user equipment; monitoring, by the system, a set of applications accessed by the user equipment via the femto access point device during the time period; and based on the frequency data and in response to determining that information associated with the set of applications satisfies a defined criterion, modifying, by the system, the timing data to increase the time period during which the user equipment is authorized to access the femto access point device, wherein the modifying comprises modifying the timing data in response to verifying that permission data that authorizes the modifying has been received.