Location Specific Broadcast System and Receiver
First Claim
1. A broadcast system, comprising:
- a broadcast server configured to receiving a message and area of interest from upstream applications, processing and packaging the message into one or more location specific messages;
managing the interaction with the cellular network broadcast centers;
communicating the packaged location specific message(s) to the one or more cellular network broadcast centers;
a cellular network broadcast center configured to broadcast message to all the communication devices in a specific location;
a communication receiver configured to receive broadcast message, determine the location of the communication device, and output the message to the communication device when it is located within the location specified by the received broadcast message or when it meets one or more criteria specific to the communication device.
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Abstract
A broadcast system for consolidating and broadcasting the information from a broadcast server to the specific location and a communication receiver configured to receive broadcast message, determine the location of the communication receiver, and output the message to the communication device when the communication receiver is within the location specified in the received message or when the received message matches one or more criteria associated with configuration or location or unique address of the communication device. The communication receiver provides means of collecting information from the communication device and the communication device operator and presenting it to the message broadcasting entity.
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66 Claims
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1. A broadcast system, comprising:
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a broadcast server configured to receiving a message and area of interest from upstream applications, processing and packaging the message into one or more location specific messages;
managing the interaction with the cellular network broadcast centers;
communicating the packaged location specific message(s) to the one or more cellular network broadcast centers;
a cellular network broadcast center configured to broadcast message to all the communication devices in a specific location;
a communication receiver configured to receive broadcast message, determine the location of the communication device, and output the message to the communication device when it is located within the location specified by the received broadcast message or when it meets one or more criteria specific to the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of broadcasting location specific messages from the broadcast server to the communication device;
- software for processing the message on the communication device;
software for determining whether the received message matches one or more addressing criteria of the communication device; and
software for outputting the message to the communication device if the received message matches the specified addressing criteria. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
- software for processing the message on the communication device;
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66. A Computer-readable medium comprising instructions to receive a broadcast message:
- process the received message on the communication device;
determine whether the received message matches one or more addressing criteria of the communication device; and
output the message to the communication device only if the received message matches the specified addressing criteria.
- process the received message on the communication device;
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