Emergency warning indication over a wireless network
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1. A method of distributing an emergency message comprising:
- determining a geographic area affected by the emergency message;
selecting one or more mobile stations within the geographic area that may be potentially affected by the emergency message; and
transmitting the emergency message to the potentially affected mobile stations within the geographic area.
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Abstract
An emergency message may be generated and transmitted to all mobile stations in an affected area. The emergency message may warn of imminent danger, such as hazardous weather reports generated by the National Weather Service. The emergency message is received by a wireless communication system that determines the geographic region affected by the message. The wireless communication system then transmits the message to all mobile stations within the affected region. The mobile stations alert the user to the emergency message and displays the message to the user.
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1. A method of distributing an emergency message comprising:
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determining a geographic area affected by the emergency message;
selecting one or more mobile stations within the geographic area that may be potentially affected by the emergency message; and
transmitting the emergency message to the potentially affected mobile stations within the geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a server which communicates with a warning service, the server receiving an emergency message affecting a specific geographic region from the warning service;
a plurality of base stations which interface with the server, the server transferring the emergency message to any of the plurality of base stations which service the affected geographic region; and
at least one mobile station which communicates with one or more of the plurality of base stations;
wherein the position of the at least one mobile station is determined and compared to the affected geographic region, the emergency message being transmitted from one of the plurality of base stations to the at least one mobile station if the position is within the affected geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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