Alert Method, Apparatus, System and Program Product
First Claim
1. A method of operating a mobile phone, comprising:
- the mobile phone wirelessly receiving an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via a first wireless interface of the mobile phone; and
in response to the alert request, the mobile phone automatically transmitting an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface of the mobile phone and a wireless wide area network.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a mobile phone wirelessly receives an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via a first wireless interface of the mobile phone. In response to the alert request, the mobile phone automatically transmits an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface of the mobile phone and a wireless wide area network. The communication of alerts can further be supported by the viral transmission of alert relay requests that propagate opportunistically in an attempt to reach a communication device, such as a mobile phone or WAP, that is capable of delivering an alert relay message to an electronic communication destination.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of operating a mobile phone, comprising:
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the mobile phone wirelessly receiving an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via a first wireless interface of the mobile phone; and in response to the alert request, the mobile phone automatically transmitting an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface of the mobile phone and a wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A program product, comprising:
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a tangible data storage medium; and program code stored within the tangible data storage medium that causes a mobile phone to wirelessly receive an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via a first wireless interface of the mobile phone and, in response to the alert request, automatically transmit an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface of the mobile phone and a wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile phone, comprising:
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a processor; a first wireless interface; a second wireless interface to a wireless wide area network; a memory device coupled to the processor; and a program code within the memory device that when processed by the processor causes the mobile phone, responsive to wirelessly receiving an alert request from a separate alert triggering device via the first wireless interface, to automatically transmit an alert message utilizing wireless radio frequency communication via a second wireless interface and the wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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