Cellular device caller id auto-discovery
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for discovering an MSISDN of a cellular device, comprising detecting an activation event of the cellular device with a SIM associated with an MSISDN not exposed to the cellular device, transmitting one or more discovery Short Message Service (SMS) messages to a discovery system configured to transmit back to the cellular device one or more response SMS messages comprising the MSISDN identified for the discovery SMS message(s), receiving the response SMS message(s), and storing the MSISDN extracted from the response SMS message(s). The cellular device includes the stored MSISDN and a location of the cellular device in one or more Advanced Mobile Location (AML) messages transmitted by the cellular device to an AML service when initiating an emergency call.
1. A method of discovering a mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN) of a cellular device, comprising:
using at least one processor of a cellular device for:
detecting an activation event of the cellular device with a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with an MSISDN not exposed to the cellular device;
transmitting at least one discovery short message service (SMS) message to a discovery system configured to transmit at least one response SMS message to the cellular device in response to receiving the at least one SMS message, the at least one response SMS message comprising the MSISDN identified for the at least one discovery SMS message;
receiving the at least one response SMS message; and
storing the MSISDN extracted from the at least one response SMS message;
wherein the cellular device includes the stored MSISDN and a location of the cellular device in at least one advanced mobile location (AML) message transmitted by the cellular device to an AML service when initiating an emergency call, wherein the activation event is a member of a group consisting of: an initial activation of the cellular device, an initial activation of a new SIM installed in the cellular device, a replacement of the SIM, a periodic MSISDN discovery process scheduled for the cellular device, and an instruction transmitted to the cellular device to initiate an MSISDN discovery process.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cellular device is a member of a group consisting of: a cellular phone, a wearable device, and a carry-able device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SIM is a member of a group consisting of: a SIM card and an embedded-SIM (eSIM).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one discovery SMS message is a member of a group consisting of: a data SMS and a binary SMS.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one response SMS message is a member of a group consisting of: a data SMS and a binary SMS.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSISDN of the cellular device is identified for the at least one discovery SMS message based on a caller identifier (ID) service.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MSISDN of the cellular device is identified for the at least one discovery SMS message based on at least one ID uniquely identifying the cellular device installed with the SIM.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one ID is a member of a group consisting of: an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) of the at least one cellular device, an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of the SIM, and an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID) of the SIM.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discovery system is integrated with an AML system executing the AML service.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one AML message is transmitted via at least one of: an SMS message, and a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) based message.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one public safety answering point (PSAP) receiving the emergency call is configured to communicate with the AML service to obtain the location of the cellular device associated with the MSISDN identified for the emergency call by the at least one PSAP.