Patent ID: 8824995

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, during a registration sequence with a network, a network identifier from the network, the network identifier comprising at least one of an operator identification number or an alphanumeric representation that is indicative of the network and is indicative of a network provider associated with the network; accessing, during the registration sequence, information associated with an alert based on the network identifier, wherein the information comprises an identification of an alert message capable of being disabled, an identification of a channel capable of being disabled, an identification of an alert message incapable of being disabled, an identification of a channel incapable of being disabled, and an indication of a language of an alert message; configuring, during the registration sequence, the mobile device to receive the alert based on the accessed information; and comparing the received network identifier with an alert profile, wherein: the alert profile comprises alert information for one or more networks; and the information associated with the alert for the location of the network is accessed if, based on the comparison, the network identifier matches an identifier in the alert profile.