CAMPUS ALERTING VIA WIRELESS GEOCAST
First Claim
1. A method for geographically distributing an alerting message, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of an emergent situation;
identifying a target geographic region for receipt of an alerting message pertaining to the emergent situation;
determining content for the alerting message; and
transmitting the alerting message, the alerting message comprising;
a target portion indicating the target geographic region; and
a content portion comprising the content.
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Abstract
A geocast alerting system employs wireless geocast transmissions to deliver customized alerting messages to particular geographic areas. Geocast alerting regions and sub-regions can be defined within the system. Upon notice of the occurrence of an emergent situation, one or more geographic areas that may potentially be affected by the emergent situation are determined. The potentially effected geographic regions are compared with geocast alerting regions and sub-regions corresponding to particular geographic areas. Target alerting regions that should receive alerting messages are identified based on the comparison. The content of alerting messages can be tailored for each target alerting region. The content of alerting messages can contain distinct portions of content, each portion tailored based upon one or more conditions related to communications devices within the target alerting region.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for geographically distributing an alerting message, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of an emergent situation; identifying a target geographic region for receipt of an alerting message pertaining to the emergent situation; determining content for the alerting message; and transmitting the alerting message, the alerting message comprising; a target portion indicating the target geographic region; and a content portion comprising the content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for receiving an alerting message, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of the alerting message, the signal comprising; an indication of a target distribution region for the signal; and an indication of alerting message content; comparing a location at which the signal was received with the target distribution region; and when the location at which the signal was received is at least one of the same as, a part of, or overlaps with the target distribution region, rendering the alerting message content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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