Delivery of warnings over mobile telecommunication systems

• US 10,129,717 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Holtmanns, Silke, Lindholm, Rune
• Primary Examiner(s): Odom, Curtis
• Application Number:
  US14/413,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,315 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A warning system in which users'"'"' devices performs a method including: receiving a broadcast message comprising message information in a first human language from a mobile telecommunication network or an indication of an alternative radio bearer or network for retrieval of the message information; storing information templates in one or more different human languages; and presenting to a user, according to a language preference of the user: the message information of the broadcast message; or one or more information templates corresponding to the message information, in a second human language other than the first human language.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a mobile telecommunication receiver configured to receive a broadcast message comprising message information in a first human language from a mobile telecommunication network or an indication of an alternative radio bearer or network for retrieval of the message information, wherein the broadcast message is a public warning message supported by the Public Warning System (PWS), and the message information comprises an operator identification of corresponding parameter data, wherein the parameter data is separated from the message information by one or more dedicated characters;

a memory configured to store information templates in one or more different human languages; and

a processor configured to cause presenting to a user, according to a language preference of the user;

the message information of the broadcast message;

or

one or more information templates corresponding to the message information, in a second human language other than the first human language.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a message retriever configured to retrieve the message information from the alternative radio bearer or network when the broadcast message comprises the indication.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a message retriever configured to receive the message information in response to the mobile telecommunication receiver receiving the indication.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine parameter data in the message information and to cause the presenting of the one or more information templates corresponding to the message information such that the parameter data is located corresponding to the message information and grammar of the second human language.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to cause prompting the user for the language preference.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to cause the prompting on reception of the broadcast message.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is configured to cause, on the causing of the prompting the user for the preferred language, presenting to the user a list of available human languages in which information templates corresponding to the message information are stored in the memory.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory is configured to store language indications associated with the information templates and the processor is configured to select the one or more information templates based on the stored language indications and based on the language preference.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the memory is further configured to store the information templates in the memory as one group per language so that the language indication is specific for each group of information templates.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message information contains two or more different text segments and indicators for each text segment;

and

wherein processor is further configured to determine corresponding two or more information templates based on the respective indicators.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information templates are stored in ordered lists with matching meaning and the processor is further configured to search for information templates that constitute the message information and to select respective information templates in the second human language.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first human language by analyzing the received message information.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set as the language preference a language in which the apparatus is set up to operate.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, at least perform:

receiving a broadcast message comprising message information in a first human language from a mobile telecommunication network or an indication of an alternative radio bearer or network for retrieval of the message information, wherein the broadcast message is a public warning message supported by the Public Warning System (PWS), and the message information comprises an operator identification of corresponding parameter data, wherein the parameter data is separated from the message information by one or more dedicated characters;

storing of information templates in one or more different human languages; and

presenting to a user, according to a language preference of the user;

the message information of the broadcast message;

or

one or more information templates corresponding to the message information, in a second human language other than the first human language.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving a broadcast message comprising message information in a first human language from a mobile telecommunication network or an indication of an alternative radio bearer or network for retrieval of the message information, wherein the broadcast message is a public warning message supported by the Public Warning System (PWS), and the message information comprises an operator identification of corresponding parameter data, wherein the parameter data is separated from the message information by one or more dedicated characters;

storing information templates in one or more different human languages; and

presenting to a user, according to a language preference of the user;

the message information of the broadcast message;

or

one or more information templates corresponding to the message information, in a second human language other than the first human language.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining parameter data in the message information and performing the presenting of the one or more information templates corresponding to the message information such that the parameter data is located corresponding to the message information and grammar of the second human language.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising prompting the user for the language preference.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the prompting is performed on reception of the broadcast message.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising, on the causing of the prompting the user for the preferred language, presenting to the user a list of available human languages in which information templates corresponding to the message information are stored in the memory.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the language preference by analyzing text input by the user.