US 2002/0171552 A1 · Method and system for providing a warning alert

Abstract

A method and a system for providing a warning alert to subscribers of a telecommunication system is disclosed. In one aspect, the warning system includes a central switch and a remote switch, each switch coupled to a different plurality of subscribers to be contacted by the emergency notification provider that issues the emergency warning alert. In another aspect, the warning system contains a ringing tones database having different ringing tones corresponding to different emergency conditions, where an appropriate ringing tone is select by the telecommunication system and routed to the subscribers depending on the type emergency for which the emergency notification provider is providing the warning. In another aspect, a method of distributing a warning alert is disclosed in which a warning alert is selected from a number of warning alerts corresponding to a number of different emergency conditions, the telecommunication system receives the warning alert, selects a set of subscribers to which the warning alert is to be distributed, selects a ringing tone appropriate to the warning alert type and routes the ringing tone to the selected subscribers. In another aspect, the above method is disclosed that further includes a method for billing an appropriate government agency or local municipality for the emergency notification service.

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Dependent claims

A telecommunication-based warning distribution system comprising:

a central switch having a controller and a subscriber database, said subscriber database including information regarding a plurality of subscribers and subscriber characteristic data associated with each subscriber, said central switch coupled to a first plurality of communications devices associated with said plurality of subscribers;
a remote switch coupled to said central switch, said remote switch coupled to a second plurality of communications devices associated with said second plurality of subscribers;
and
an emergency notification provider coupled to either of said central switch and said remote switch, said emergency notification provider generating a warning alert for subscribers having a particular subscriber characteristic and transmitting said warning alert to said central switch, said controller selecting a set of subscribers from said subscriber database that match said particular subscriber characteristic and routing said warning alert to said communication devices of said set of selected subscribers.

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A telecommunication-based warning distribution system comprising:

a switch having a controller coupled to a subscriber database and a tone database, said subscriber database including information regarding a plurality of subscribers and subscriber characteristic data associated with each subscriber, said switch coupled to a plurality of communication devices associated with said plurality of subscribers, said tone database containing a plurality of ringing tones for use with said plurality of communication devices;
and
an emergency notification provider coupled to said switch, said emergency notification provider selecting a warning alert from a plurality of warning alerts corresponding to a plurality of emergency conditions, said emergency notification provider transmitting a particular subscriber characteristic and warning alert type data with said warning alert to said switch, said controller selecting a set of subscribers from said subscriber database that match said particular subscriber characteristic and a ringing tone from said tone database corresponding to said warning alert type data, said controller routing said selected tone to said communication devices of said set of selected subscribers.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for providing a warning alert

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