Emergency broadcast message in a wireless communication device
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1. A method in a wireless communication device for communicating contents of a broadcast message, the method comprising:
- receiving an emergency status indicator associated with the broadcast message;
determining whether the emergency status indicator indicates the broadcast message is an emergency message; and
immediately communicating the contents of the broadcast message.
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Abstract
A method (200, 400) and an apparatus (500) in a wireless communication system for communicating contents of a broadcast message are provided. A wireless portable communication device (104) receives an emergency status indicator associated with the broadcast message from a base station (102). Upon determining the broadcast message is an emergency message, the contents of the broadcast message are immediately communicated.
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1. A method in a wireless communication device for communicating contents of a broadcast message, the method comprising:
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receiving an emergency status indicator associated with the broadcast message;
determining whether the emergency status indicator indicates the broadcast message is an emergency message; and
immediately communicating the contents of the broadcast message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a wireless communication system for communicating contents of a broadcast message to a plurality of users associated with a corresponding plurality of wireless portable communication devices that are currently registered to the wireless communication system through a base station, the method comprising:
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generating a broadcast message, the broadcast message associated with an emergency status indicator;
broadcasting the emergency status indicator from the base station;
upon receipt by any of the plurality of wireless portable communication devices, activating an overriding function in the wireless portable communication device;
overriding a user selected message handling setting in the wireless portable communication device; and
immediately communicating the contents of the broadcast message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wireless portable communication device configured to communicate contents of a broadcast message, the wireless portable communication device comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive an emergency status indicator associated with the broadcast message;
a demodulator coupled to the receiver, the demodulator configured to demodulate the emergency status indicator and the contents of the broadcast message;
a status evaluator coupled to the demodulator, the status evaluator configured to determine whether the broadcast message is an emergency message based upon the demodulated emergency status indicator; and
a user interface coupled to the demodulator;
the user interface configured to communicate the contents of the broadcast message,wherein the user interface communicates the contents of the broadcast message immediately upon the determination of the broadcast message as an emergency message. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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