Designation of cellular broadcast message identifiers for the commercial mobile alert system

A mobile device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instruction that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
• receiving a Commercial Mobile Alert Message System (CMAS) message comprising a plurality of message identifiers, a selected message identifier of the plurality of message identifiers being indicative of a type of the CMAS message, the plurality of message identifiers comprising:
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Presidential alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Extreme alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Severe alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Child Abduction alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Test alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Exercise alert;
• and
• a message identifier indicative of an operator specific CMAS test alert;
• determining, in accordance with the selected message identifier, if the alert message is to be rendered, the selected message identifier comprising an indication of a language;
• if it is determined that the alert message is to be rendered, based at least in part on the language being a language of interest, rendering the alert message;
• and
• if it is determined that the alert message is not to be rendered, based at least in part on the language not being a language of interest, entering a power conservation state of the mobile device receiving the CMAS message.

A computer-readable storage medium that is not a transient signal and is not software per se, the computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

• receiving, at a mobile device, a Commercial Mobile Alert Message System (CMAS) message comprising a plurality of message identifiers, a selected message identifier of the plurality of message identifiers being indicative of a type of the CMAS message, the plurality of message identifiers comprising:
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Presidential alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Extreme alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Severe alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Child Abduction alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Test alert;
• a message identifier indicative of a CMAS Exercise alert;
• and
• a message identifier indicative of an operator specific CMAS test alert;
• determining, at the mobile device, in accordance with the selected message identifier, if the alert message is to be rendered, the selected message identifier comprising an indication of a language;
• if it is determined that the alert message is to be rendered, based at least in part on the language being a language of interest, rendering the alert message;
• and
• if it is determined that the alert message is not to be rendered, based at least in part on the language not being a language of interest, entering a power conservation state of the mobile device receiving the CMAS message.