Patent ID: 8824999

Claim:
A method for providing contact information associated with an out of area mobile device to a reverse 911 database, the method comprising: receiving the contact 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 first text message for providing the contact information of the mobile device to the reverse 911 database, said first text message including the contact information of the mobile device, wherein the contact information associated with the mobile device includes at least one of a mobile directory number, a mobile identification number, or a network-dialable number, each of which is associated with the mobile device; and transmitting the first text message to the mobile device, wherein the contact information associated with the mobile device is added to the reverse 911 database in response to the reverse 911 database receiving a second text message from the mobile device, the second text message including a registration text message generated in response to receiving the first text message.