Alert Gateway, Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. An alert gateway device for receiving an alert at a subscriber premises and providing the alert to a subscriber, the alert gateway device comprising;
- at least one external interface located at a subscriber premises, configured to communicate with at least one alert source;
at least one internal interface; and
a processor in communication with the at least one external interface and the at least one internal interface; and
a storage medium in communication with the processor, the storage medium including instructions executable by the processor to;
receive an alert message via the external interface at the subscriber premises, the alert message comprising an alert;
interpret the alert message;
determine how to provide the alert to the subscriber, wherein the determination includes determining which one or more of a plurality subscriber devices should receive the alert message;
based on the determination of how to provide the alert to the subscriber, format the alert in such a way to facilitate the provision of the alert in a determined manner, wherein formatting the alert includes processing the alert into an electronic message that can be received by one of the subscriber devices; and
using the internal interface, provide the alert to the subscriber according to the determination of how to provide the alert to the subscriber.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. Merely by way of example, urgent public information, such as an alert message, may be received by, inter alia, an alert gateway device. The alert message may then be distributed to a subscriber in any of a variety of ways, including by telephone, by data message (e.g., to a computer), by video message (e.g., via a television), by display on an alert notification device. In some embodiments, the alert gateway device may process the alert message and/or may determine how to provide the alert message to the subscriber.
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1. An alert gateway device for receiving an alert at a subscriber premises and providing the alert to a subscriber, the alert gateway device comprising;
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at least one external interface located at a subscriber premises, configured to communicate with at least one alert source; at least one internal interface; and a processor in communication with the at least one external interface and the at least one internal interface; and a storage medium in communication with the processor, the storage medium including instructions executable by the processor to; receive an alert message via the external interface at the subscriber premises, the alert message comprising an alert; interpret the alert message; determine how to provide the alert to the subscriber, wherein the determination includes determining which one or more of a plurality subscriber devices should receive the alert message; based on the determination of how to provide the alert to the subscriber, format the alert in such a way to facilitate the provision of the alert in a determined manner, wherein formatting the alert includes processing the alert into an electronic message that can be received by one of the subscriber devices; and using the internal interface, provide the alert to the subscriber according to the determination of how to provide the alert to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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