System and Method for Accelerating a Wide Area Notification
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- evaluating a message to be communicated to one or more persons; and
evaluating social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons, wherein the social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network, and wherein the message relates to an emergency alert.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method is provided that includes evaluating a message to be communicated to one or more persons and evaluating social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons. The social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network. In other embodiments, a selected one of the persons in the social network responds to receiving the message by sending the message to other persons in another social network to which the selected person belongs. In still other embodiments, the social network can be restricted to persons associated with a geographical area and the geographical area can be associated with a location from which the message originates. In yet other embodiments, communicating the message comprises making a telephone call or communicating the message comprises out-of-band signaling.
-
Citations
22 Claims
-
1. A method, comprising:
-
evaluating a message to be communicated to one or more persons; and evaluating social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons, wherein the social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network, and wherein the message relates to an emergency alert. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. An apparatus, comprising:
a management element that evaluates a message to be communicated to one or more persons and evaluates social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons, wherein the social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network, and wherein the message relates to an emergency alert. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
-
15. Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed by a processor operable to:
-
evaluate a message to be communicated to one or more persons; and evaluate social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons, wherein the social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network, and wherein the message relates to an emergency alert. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A system, comprising:
-
means for evaluating a message to be communicated to one or more persons; and means for evaluating social network data that is indicative of a social network of the persons, wherein the social network of the persons is used as a basis for communicating the message to one or more persons in the social network, and wherein the message relates to an emergency alert. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
-
Specification