GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING OF ALERTS
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1. A system for providing alerts to mobile telecommunications devices within a wireless network, the system comprising:
- means for receiving an indication of a public service message to be broadcast to multiple mobile telecommunications devices within a first geographic region;
means for determining one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions at least partially positioned within the first geographic region;
means for identifying one or more broadcasting stations that respectively serve the one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions; and
means for sending the public service message to the identified one or more broadcasting stations for broadcasting to the multiple mobile telecommunications devices within a first geographic region without substantially broadcasting to mobile telecommunications devices outside the first geographic region.
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Abstract
A system and method is described for broadcasting, e.g. commercial mobile alert messages (CMAM) or other messages including various text-based messages to a target area without substantially broadcasting to an area outside the target area. Further details and features are described herein.
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1. A system for providing alerts to mobile telecommunications devices within a wireless network, the system comprising:
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means for receiving an indication of a public service message to be broadcast to multiple mobile telecommunications devices within a first geographic region; means for determining one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions at least partially positioned within the first geographic region; means for identifying one or more broadcasting stations that respectively serve the one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions; and means for sending the public service message to the identified one or more broadcasting stations for broadcasting to the multiple mobile telecommunications devices within a first geographic region without substantially broadcasting to mobile telecommunications devices outside the first geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium storing instructions for a computer within a wireless network to assist in broadcasting messages to mobile telecommunications devices, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a message to be broadcast to multiple mobile telecommunications devices within a first geographic region or regions; defining at least a second geographic region based on the indication of the message to be broadcast to the multiple mobile telecommunications devices, wherein the second geographic region approximates the first geographic region or regions; identifying, within the second geographic region, a first set of wireless transmitter or transceiver devices associated with the wireless network; and forwarding a selected message to the first set of wireless transmitter or transceiver devices associated with the wireless network, and not forwarding the selected message to a second set of wireless transmitter or transceiver devices outside of the second geographic region, wherein both the first and second sets of wireless transmitter or transceiver devices provide telecommunications services associated with the wireless network, wherein the message is not an advertisement or a commercial offer, and wherein the selected message is substantially concurrently transmitted to the first set of wireless transmitter or transceiver devices within the second geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for broadcasting a message to a target area, the method comprising:
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receiving a message to be broadcast to a first area and not to be substantially broadcast to a second area adjacent the first area; if location information of one or more broadcasting stations is known; determining one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions at least partially positioned within the first area, identifying the one or more broadcasting stations that respectively serve the one or more cells or wireless broadcast regions, and sending the message to the identified broadcasting stations for broadcasting to devices enabled to communicate with the identified broadcasting stations; and if location information associated with registered devices is known; defining a geographic area that approximates the first area without encompassing substantial portions of the second area; determining the registered devices that are positioned within the defined geographic area, and broadcasting the message to the registered devices positioned within the defined geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for broadcasting messages to telecommunications devices within a network, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a message to be broadcast to multiple telecommunications devices within a first geographic region or regions; defining at least a second geographic region based on the indication of the message to be broadcast to the multiple telecommunications devices, wherein the second geographic region approximates the first geographic region or regions; identifying, within the second geographic region, a first set of transmitter or transceiver devices associated with the network; and forwarding a selected message to the first set of transmitter or transceiver devices associated with the network, and not forwarding the selected message to a second set of transmitter or transceiver devices outside of the second geographic region, wherein both the first and second sets of transmitter or transceiver devices provide telecommunications services associated with the network, and wherein the selected message is substantially concurrently transmitted to the first set of transmitter or transceiver devices within the second geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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