Patent ID: 8208606

Claim:
A method for a subscriber to test information used by a response center to supply emergency response services to the subscriber in response to an emergency response call placed by the subscriber, comprising: providing an alternative dialing code that is available to the subscriber to place a test call; receiving, in the network, the test call placed by the subscriber with the alternative dialing code; using the test call placed with the alternative dialing code to identify, in the network, the response center to which the network routes the emergency response call placed by the subscriber; providing an answering device with status information with respect to the response center; and routing the test call placed by the subscriber with the alternative dialing code to the answering device, wherein when the subscriber places the test call with the alternative dialing code, the answering device supplies the subscriber with the status information with respect to the response center to which the network routes the emergency response call placed by the subscriber.