# US 10,375,559 B2 · Supplementing broadcast messages

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- Number: US 10,375,559 B2
- Document ID: US10375559B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/983,603
- Filed: 2018-05-18
- Published: 2018-09-20
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-08-18
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Inventors: DeWayne A. Sennett; Brian Kevin Daly; Charles Peter Musgrove
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375559B2

## CPC

- H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
- H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
- H04M 1/72418: for supporting emergency services
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A method includes receiving a broadcast message and determining a type of the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a first type, retrieving data indicated by the broadcast message. The operations include, if the broadcast message is a second type, changing a device operating characteristic.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device comprising:
a processor; and
memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
receiving, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
responsive to the message being the first type, in which content of the message comprises a network address, accessing the network address to retrieve, from a network device, a software;
responsive to the message being the second type, in which the content of the message comprises an instruction, installing the software on the device; and
displaying a communication associated with the message, the communication indicative of the installing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, the operations further comprising, providing a datum to a recipient indicated by the message.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the message was broadcast by a base station, wherein the device is located within a zone of coverage of the base station.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the network address comprises a universal resource locator (URL).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the software comprises an update to an existing software installed on the device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, the operations further comprising retrieving, from the network address, the communication.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the software comprises an operating system update.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1, wherein the subscriber network comprises at least one of a long term evolution (LTE) network or a 5G network.

### Claim 9

A method comprising:
receiving at a device, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
responsive to the message being the first type, in which content of the message comprises a network address, accessing the network address to retrieve, from a network device, a software; and
responsive to the message being the second type, in which the content of the message comprises an instruction, installing the software on the device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the subscriber network comprises at least one of a long term evolution (LTE) network or a 5G network.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the message is broadcast by a base station of the subscriber network.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the software comprises an update to an operating system of the device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the device comprises a mobile device.

### Claim 14 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the content comprises a communication, the method further comprising displaying the communication.

### Claim 15

A method comprising:
receiving, via broadcast by a subscriber network, a message comprising content;
determining that the message comprises a first type alert and a second type alert;
responsive to the message being the first type, determining that a device has a software indicated by the content;
responsive to the message being the second type, changing the software on the device; and
displaying a communication associated with the message, the communication indicative of the changing.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein changing the software comprises changing a setting of the software.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein changing the software comprises uninstalling the software.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the content comprises the communication.

### Claim 19 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the communication comprises second content stored on the device.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the content comprises a link, the method further comprising causing the device to access the link.