Apparatus and Method for Providing Weather and Other Alerts
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area, the location-specific alert information being broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels and a plurality of transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to specific geographical areas serviced by the communication network, said apparatus comprising:
- a receiver adapted to receive transmissions on a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bi-directional communication network, wherein said transmissions comprise formatted text;
a peripheral device operable to indicate an alert condition, wherein said indication comprises displaying said formatted text; and
a controller communicatively coupled to said receiver and said peripheral device, said controller being operable to monitor a communication channel of the wireless bi-directional communication network for the receipt of a transmission of location-specific alert information from a transmitter servicing a geographical area and to operate said peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of said location-specific alert information to display said formatted text.
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area may include a receiver adapted to receive transmissions comprising formatted text on a communication channel of a wireless bi-directional communication network; a peripheral device operable to indicate an alert condition, including displaying the formatted text; and a controller communicatively coupled to the receiver and the peripheral device. The controller is operable to monitor a communication channel of the network for the receipt of a transmission of location-specific alert information from a transmitter servicing a geographical area and to operate the peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of the location-specific alert information to display the formatted text. The location-specific alert information is broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of the wireless bi-directional communication network having communication channels and transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to specific geographical areas serviced by the communication network.
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2 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area, the location-specific alert information being broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels and a plurality of transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to specific geographical areas serviced by the communication network, said apparatus comprising:
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a receiver adapted to receive transmissions on a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bi-directional communication network, wherein said transmissions comprise formatted text; a peripheral device operable to indicate an alert condition, wherein said indication comprises displaying said formatted text; and a controller communicatively coupled to said receiver and said peripheral device, said controller being operable to monitor a communication channel of the wireless bi-directional communication network for the receipt of a transmission of location-specific alert information from a transmitter servicing a geographical area and to operate said peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of said location-specific alert information to display said formatted text.
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