Geographically specific broadcasting system providing advisory alerts of sexual predators
First Claim
1. A method of broadcasting advisory alerts of sexual predators via communications networks, comprising:
- providing a central notification computer in communication with at least one communications network, said communications network including portable telephones capable of creating, sending and receiving pictorial messages;
providing a means to transmit an advisory alert to a plurality of electronic device addresses from the central notification computer;
maintaining a subscriber database of electronic device addresses to receive the advisory alerts, wherein the subscriber database includes a plurality of subscriber data sets, the data sets including the electronic device address and at least one geographic location associated with the electronic device address;
maintaining the subscriber database in a computer retrievable format for access by the central notification computer;
providing a means to initiate an advisory alert broadcast from the central notification computer upon an event, said event consisting of the presence of a criminal in a geographic area;
associating a geographic area with the advisory alert, wherein said geographic area is defined by a perimeter;
activating an algorithm to retrieve the electronic device addresses associated with geographical locations within said perimeter; and
transmitting the advisory alert to the electronic device address associated with geographic locations within the perimeter.
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Abstract
A method of broadcasting advisory alerts of the movements of sexual offenders and/or predators via communications networks where a central notification computer is provided to broadcast advisory alerts to electronic device addresses stored in a subscriber database in a text, oral, pictorial, and computer retrievable format. The subscriber database contains subscriber data sets which each include the electronic device address and at least one geographic location associated with the electronic device address. When an advisory alert is initiated, the affected geographic area is determined, and a geographic area defined by a perimeter is associated with the advisory alert. An algorithm retrieves addresses of the electronic devices associated with geographical locations within the perimeter; and the advisory alert is transmitted to the electronic device addresses associated with geographic locations within the perimeter.
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12 Claims
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1. A method of broadcasting advisory alerts of sexual predators via communications networks, comprising:
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providing a central notification computer in communication with at least one communications network, said communications network including portable telephones capable of creating, sending and receiving pictorial messages;
providing a means to transmit an advisory alert to a plurality of electronic device addresses from the central notification computer;
maintaining a subscriber database of electronic device addresses to receive the advisory alerts, wherein the subscriber database includes a plurality of subscriber data sets, the data sets including the electronic device address and at least one geographic location associated with the electronic device address;
maintaining the subscriber database in a computer retrievable format for access by the central notification computer;
providing a means to initiate an advisory alert broadcast from the central notification computer upon an event, said event consisting of the presence of a criminal in a geographic area;
associating a geographic area with the advisory alert, wherein said geographic area is defined by a perimeter;
activating an algorithm to retrieve the electronic device addresses associated with geographical locations within said perimeter; and
transmitting the advisory alert to the electronic device address associated with geographic locations within the perimeter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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