Patent ID: 7107053

Claim:
A method for handling mobile database overflow, registering an un-registered mobile user located in a location area, comprising the steps of; obtaining a registration request from a first mobile user; determining whether the database of a visitor location register (VLR) is full; registering the first mobile user to a home location register (HLR) if the database of the VLR is not full; temporarily storing user data of the first mobile user in the VLR; translating the location information of a second mobile user registered in the VLR into a second location code if the database of the VLR is full; transferring the registration request and the second location code to the HLR; resetting the value of a first location code of the first mobile user as a predetermined value; and deleting user data of the second mobile user and temporarily storing the user data of the first mobile user in the VLR.