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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Chen-Yui Yang, Marlboro, NJ (US);

Paritosh Bajpay, Edison, NJ (US);

David H. Lu, Morganville, NJ (US);

Balaji R. Puli, San Ramon, CA (US);

Anthony M. Srdar, Gainesville, GA (US);

Xidong Wu, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processor operable to receive an identifier from a wireless device of a user, to determine information of a femtocell, and to provide the femtocell information to the wireless device. The processor is also operable to determine location data of the femtocell and to identify according to the gateway identifier a subscriber account to verify availability of service for the femtocell. The femtocell is authenticated according to the location data and the femtocell identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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