Patent ID: 8184617

Claim:
A method for execution on a mobile station, comprising: sending a plurality of messages, each of the plurality of messages sent substantially periodically and without requiring initiation from a user for sending each individual message, from the mobile station to a server, requesting a list of call center telephone numbers, where each of the messages includes at least one of a mobile network code (MNC) and a mobile country code (MCC) associated with a network serving the telephone, an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, or a model number associated with the mobile station, each of the plurality of messages causing the server to retrieve the requested list of call center telephone numbers, from a plurality of telephone numbers, based on at least one of the MNC, the MCC, the IMEI, or the model number associated with the telephone, included in the message; receiving, at the mobile station, the requested list of call center telephone numbers, from the server, via short message service (SMS) or wireless application protocol (WAP) in response to at least one of the plurality of messages sent from the mobile station to the server; making available, using the mobile station, some or all the requested list of call center telephone numbers, received at the mobile station from the server, to a user.