System and method for providing contact information of an out of area mobile device to a reverse 911 database
First Claim
1. A method for providing contact information associated with an out of area mobile device to a reverse 911 database, the method comprising:
- receiving identifying information associated with a mobile device at a mobile switching center;
determining whether the mobile device is within a particular wireless sub-network;
responsive to the mobile device not being within the particular wireless sub-network, generating a message for providing contact information of the mobile device to the reverse 911 database;
determining an Internet Protocol (“
IP”
) address of the reverse 911 database for contacting the reverse 911 database over an IP-based packet-switching network; and
transmitting the message to the mobile device and the IP address to the mobile device, the text message being configured to cause the reverse 911 database to add the contact information to the reverse 911 database in response to the mobile device sending the contact information to the reverse 911 database over the IP-based packet-switching network.
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Abstract
A system and method for registering the contact information of mobile devices with a service 911 service is presented. In one embodiment, a mobile switching center receives the contact information of a mobile device. If the mobile switching center determines that the mobile device is not located within a particular wireless sub-network, such as, but not limited to, a wireless sub-network associated with an area code registered to the mobile device, the mobile switching center generates a reverse 911 registration text message and transmits the reverse 911 registration text message to the mobile device. A user of the mobile device may then transmit the reverse 911 registration text message to a local reverse 911 database to have the contact information associated with the mobile device added to the local reverse 911 database.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for providing contact information associated with an out of area mobile device to a reverse 911 database, the method comprising:
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receiving identifying information associated with a mobile device at a mobile switching center; determining whether the mobile device is within a particular wireless sub-network; responsive to the mobile device not being within the particular wireless sub-network, generating a message for providing contact information of the mobile device to the reverse 911 database; determining an Internet Protocol (“
IP”
) address of the reverse 911 database for contacting the reverse 911 database over an IP-based packet-switching network; andtransmitting the message to the mobile device and the IP address to the mobile device, the text message being configured to cause the reverse 911 database to add the contact information to the reverse 911 database in response to the mobile device sending the contact information to the reverse 911 database over the IP-based packet-switching network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing contact information associated with a mobile device to a reverse 911 database, the method comprising:
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providing, with the mobile device, identifying information to a mobile switching center; receiving, by the mobile device, a message from the mobile switching center and an Internet Protocol (“
IP”
) address of the reverse 911 database for contacting the reverse 911 database over an IP-based packet-switching network;transmitting the contact information associated with the mobile device to the reverse 911 database over the IP-based packet-switching network; receiving reverse 911 alert messages that are sent using the reverse 911 database, wherein the identifying information comprises the contact information associated with the mobile device, and wherein the message comprises the contact information associated with the mobile device; and further receiving an acknowledgement that the contact information associated with the mobile device was successfully added to the local reverse 911 database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A data processing system comprising:
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a memory in communication with a processing unit, the memory containing computer usable program code; and the processing unit operable to execute the computer usable program code to; receive identifying information associated with a mobile device at a mobile switching center; determine whether the mobile device is within a particular wireless sub-network; responsive to the mobile device not being within the particular wireless sub-network, generate a message for providing contact information of the mobile device to the reverse 911 database; determine an Internet Protocol (“
IP”
) address of the reverse 911 database for contacting the reverse 911 database over an IP-based packet-switching network; andtransmit the message to the mobile device and the IP address to the mobile device, the text message being configured to cause the reverse 911 database to add the contact information to the reverse 911 database in response to the mobile device sending the contact information to the reverse 911 database over the IP-based packet-switching network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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