BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITIH A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
First Claim
1. A method for providing information associated with a geographic area to a user of a broadcast communication receiver, the method comprising:
- receiving information and an indication of a geographical area associated with the information at a broadcast communication receiver;
translating the indication of the geographical area from a first geographical format into a second geographical format such that the indication of the geographical area can be compared with a geographical code associated with, and stored within, the broadcast communication receiver;
comparing the translated indication of the geographical area with the geographical code; and
providing at least one alert to a user of the broadcast communication receiver if the geographic area is located on a travel vector of the broadcast communication receiver indicated by the geographical code.
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Abstract
A method is presented for providing information associated with a geographical area to users of broadcast communication receivers. The information, as well as an indication of the geographical area associated with the information, are transmitted to, and received by, each of the broadcast communication receivers. In each of the receivers, the indication of the geographical area is compared with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the receiver. Each of the receivers also provides at least one alert to a user of the respective broadcast communication receiver if the geographic area is located on a travel vector of the respective broadcast communication receiver indicated by the geographical code.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A method for providing information associated with a geographic area to a user of a broadcast communication receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving information and an indication of a geographical area associated with the information at a broadcast communication receiver; translating the indication of the geographical area from a first geographical format into a second geographical format such that the indication of the geographical area can be compared with a geographical code associated with, and stored within, the broadcast communication receiver; comparing the translated indication of the geographical area with the geographical code; and providing at least one alert to a user of the broadcast communication receiver if the geographic area is located on a travel vector of the broadcast communication receiver indicated by the geographical code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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13. A broadcast communication receiver configured to:
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receive information and an indication of a geographical area associated with the information; translate the indication of the geographical area from a first geographical format into a second geographical format such that the indication of the geographical area can be compared with a geographical code associated with, and stored within, the broadcast communication receiver; compare the translated indication of the geographical area with the geographical code; and provide at least one alert to a user of the broadcast communication receiver if the geographic area is located on a travel vector of the broadcast communication receiver indicated by the geographical code. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for providing information associated with a geographic area to a user of a receiver, the method comprising:
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receiving information and an indication of a geographical area associated with the information at a receiver; translating the indication of the geographical area from a first format into a second format such that the indication of the geographical area can be compared with a geographical code associated with the receiver; comparing the translated indication of the geographical area with the geographical code; and providing at least one communication to a user of the receiver if the geographic area is located on a vector of the receiver indicated by the geographical code. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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Specification