# US 9,521,533 B2 · Systems and methods for providing emergency messages to a mobile device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,533 B2 - Document ID: US9521533B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/606,403 - Filed: 2015-01-27 - Published: 2015-05-21 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2001-10-24 - Assignees: Sipco, LLC - Applicants: Sipco, LLC - Inventors: Thomas David Petite - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521533B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - G01S 19/17: Emergency applications - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04M 11/04: with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems - H04M 2242/30: Determination of the location of a subscriber - H04W 64/00: Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management - H04W 76/50: for emergency connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract The present invention is directed to systems and methods for providing emergency messages to a mobile device. In an exemplary embodiment, a system for communicating emergency messages is provided comprising a mobile device comprising an emergency message application and a personal emergency message transceiver, an emergency message control center, wherein the emergency message application is enabled to receive a plurality of emergency messages generated by the emergency message control center. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for communicating emergency messages, the system comprising: a mobile device comprising an emergency message application and a personal emergency message transceiver, wherein the emergency message application is enabled to receive a plurality of emergency messages generated by an emergency message system control center, the plurality of emergency messages associated with at least one geographic parameter selected by a user of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection provided by a wireless router. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency message application can provide a plurality of location data regarding a current location of the mobile device to the emergency message system control center. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency message system control center can track a location of the mobile device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the emergency message application can be configured to provide the user with only certain types of the plurality of emergency messages. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the personal emergency message transceiver is enabled to communicate with a cellular base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the mobile device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection linked to a cellular communication network of the cellular base station. ### Claim 7 A wireless communication device comprising: a transceiver configured to send and receive one or more emergency messages via one or more devices in a network; an emergency message application operatively connected to a memory; wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a plurality of emergency messages generated by an emergency message system control center, the plurality of emergency messages associated with at least one geographic parameter selected by a user of the wireless communication device; and wherein the emergency message application is configured to provide the plurality of emergency messages to the user of the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection provided by a wireless router. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the emergency message application can be configured to provide only certain types of the plurality of emergency messages to the user based on a predetermined preference of the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The wireless communication device of claim 7, wherein the transceiver of the wireless communication device is enabled to communicate with a cellular base station. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wireless communication device of claim 9, wherein the wireless communication device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection linked to a cellular communication network of the cellular base station. ### Claim 11 A wireless communication device comprising: a transceiver configured to send and receive one or more emergency messages via one or more devices in a communication network; an emergency message application operatively connected to a memory; wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a plurality of emergency messages generated by an emergency message system control center, the plurality of emergency messages associated with at least one geographic parameter selected by a user of the wireless communication device; and wherein the emergency message application is configured to provide one or more of the plurality of emergency messages to the user of the wireless communication device based on preselected user preferences, wherein the wireless communication device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection provided by a wireless router. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wireless communication device of claim 11, wherein the transceiver of the wireless communication device is enabled to communicate with a cellular base station. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication device communicates with the emergency message system control center via an Internet connection linked to a cellular communication network of the cellular base station.