Messaging System and Techniques Using RDS/RBDS
First Claim
1. Apparatus for accessing an RDS encoder for sending alert messages to one or more radios, comprising a server connected to the internet for receiving information from a user over the internet, the server controlling the generation and sending of alert messages as ODA data groups to selected sets of said radios via said RDS encoder.
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Abstract
The functionality associated with an RDS/RBDS messaging system is enhanced by allowing users of the system access to a secure server which gives them the ability to manage the user address space, to compose custom and preformatted messages and to access CAP files that might contain information affecting users in the area of an FM transmitter sending alert messages. The alert messages are sent to the RDS/RBDS encoder as ODA data groups using a developed protocol. Standard alert radios are modified to utilize the functionality of the system. The system will also send back up alerts to a users cellular telephone and to specified email, SMS and text messaging destinations.
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27 Claims
- 1. Apparatus for accessing an RDS encoder for sending alert messages to one or more radios, comprising a server connected to the internet for receiving information from a user over the internet, the server controlling the generation and sending of alert messages as ODA data groups to selected sets of said radios via said RDS encoder.
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11. A method for accessing an RDS encoder for sending alert messages to one or more radios, comprising the steps of:
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a. receiving information over the internet, b. addressing an alert message to one or more sets of said radios in response to said information, b. forming said alert message as one or more ODA data groups, and c. sending said ODA data groups to an RDS encoder. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product, comprising:
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a. a storage medium; and b. computer controlling instructions, stored on said medium, for receiving information over the internet, addressing an alert message to one or more sets of radios in response to said information, forming said alert message as one or more ODA data groups, and sending said ODA data groups to an RDS encoder. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of directly accessing an RDS encoder comprising:
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using an input screen display on a user terminal for input of a desired message to be transmitted over the RDS encoder and sending the desired message to the RDS encoder using at least one of a wired modem, a wireless modem and a serial port.
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24. A computer program product comprising:
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a. a computer readable medium; b. instructions stored on said computer readable medium for controlling a computer to 1. display an input screen on a display of the computer; 2. allow a user to input a desired message, using the input screen, to be transmitted over an RDS encoder; and 3. sending the desired message to the RDS encoder using at least one of a wired modem, a wireless modem and a serial port. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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- 26. A dual tuner clock radio device, capable of receiving, decoding and acting upon ODA data groups received from an RDS encoder over an emergency warning station using a first tuner and that can function as a normal clock radio which can listen to any FM station while concurrently monitoring data from the emergency warning station using the second tuner.
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