Public Tactical Message System

• US 20110181408A1
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paul Gailey Greenis, William Russell Highsmith
• Original Assignee: Paul Gailey Greenis, William Russell Highsmith
• Inventors: Greenis, Paul Gailey, Highsmith, William Russell
• Application Number:
  US13/015,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181408A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/00 Alarm systems in which the alarm condition is signalled from a central station to a plurality of substations

Abstract

An emergency message system provides localized tactical emergency messages to the public.

Claims

1. An emergency alert receiver module for reception of tactical alert messages comprising:

a) a radio receiver for reception of tactical alert messages; and

b) a means for disseminating said tactical alert messages to a message player.

2. The emergency alert receiver module of claim 1 where said message player device is at least one of a broadcast radio receiver with an audio speaker, a broadcast radio receiver with a text display, a broadcast radio receiver with a graphical display, a text display, a graphical display and an audio speaker.

5. The alert receiver module of claim 1 embedded within a portable, mobile or fixed receiver or transceiver.

6. The emergency alert receiver module of claim 2 further comprising a means to display directional clues about the source of a received tactical message.

7. The emergency alert receiver of claim 1 further comprising a multi-channel means.

8. The emergency alert receiver of claim 1 further comprising a filter function for selecting tactical alert messages for the user of said emergency alert receiver.

9. The filter function of claim 8 where said filter function operates to select tactical alert messages transmitted from at least one of a prescribed geographical scope, a prescribed class of user, and a prescribed tactical message priority.

10. The alert receiver module of claim 1 further comprising a means to receive tactical messages via a public broadcast station.

3. An emergency alert transmitter module for transmitting emergency alert messages comprising:

a) an emergency alert message transmitter;

b) an emergency alert message generation means;

c) a message coding means; and

d) a message selection means.

4. The emergency alert transmitter of claim 3 further comprising a frequency selection means.

11. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for an alert transmitter operator to select a text tactical message for transmission.

12. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for an alert transmitter operator to select an audible tactical message for transmission.

13. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for an alert transmitter operator to create a canned tactical message for transmission.

14. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for an alert transmitter operator to create an ad hoc tactical message for transmission.

15. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for a user to select the geographical scale associated with tactical messages to be transmitted.

16. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a multi-channel means.

17. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for periodic retransmission of an emergency alert message.

18. The emergency alert transmitter module of claim 3 further comprising a means for operators to selectably override traffic board display text.

19. An emergency alert transmission system for transmission of emergency tactical messages via public broadcast stations comprising:

a) the emergency alert transmitter of claim 3;

b) a dispatch center;

c) a network such as an interne; and

d) a message center for communications with a public broadcast station.

20. An emergency alert system for disseminating emergency tactical messages comprising:

a) a plurality of broadcast radio receivers;

b) a plurality of alert receiver modules coupled respectively to said plurality of broadcast radio receivers; and

c) at least one alert transmitter module.