Weight based determination and sequencing of emergency alert system messages for delivery
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsDeWayne Allan Sennett, Brian Kevin Daly
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Abstract
An Emergency Alert System (EAS) alert message can be provided based on one or more weights that can correspond to a message type, one or more attributes, and/or one or more classifications of the alert message. For example, alert messages having one or more weights above a particular a threshold weight can be broadcasted to a mobile device. Additionally, the weights can be used to determine the sequence, priority, and/or order in which the alert message can be broadcast to the mobile device.
Claims22
A method of providing alert messages, the method comprising:
- receiving a broadcast alert message;
- assigning a weight to the broadcast alert message, wherein the weight is indicative of a predetermined configuration;
- determining if the assigned weight matches at least one predetermined criteria, and
- if the assigned weight is determined to match the at least one predetermined criteria, rebroadcasting the broadcast alert message.
A system for determining alert messages to be received by a mobile device, the system comprising at least one processor configured to:
- receive a first broadcasted alert message and a second broadcasted alert message, wherein the first broadcasted alert message comprises a first weight and the second broadcasted alert message comprises a second weight;
- determine a sequence of the first broadcasted alert message and the second broadcasted alert message based on the respective first and second weights;
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- rebroadcast the first and second alert messages to the mobile device in the determined sequence.
A mobile device configured to:
- receive a first broadcasted alert message and a second broadcasted alert message from a network provider of the mobile device, wherein the first broadcasted alert message and the second broadcasted alert message each comprise a respective weight;
- determine whether to render the first broadcasted alert message and the second broadcasted alert message received from the network provider based on the respective weights;
- determine a sequence of the first broadcasted alert message and the second broadcasted alert message based on the respective weights;
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- render the first broadcasted alert message and the second broadcasted alert message in the determined sequence if, based on the determination, the respective weights match one or more respective criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.