METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY ALERTS TO MOBILE DEVICES
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1. A method of providing an emergency alert to a plurality of user devices comprising:
- determining, at a gateway device, for each of the plurality of user devices, a network address that uniquely corresponds to the user device;
determining an emergency alert associated with a predetermined region;
determining a subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region; and
providing the emergency alert to the subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region via the network addresses of the subset of the plurality of user devices.
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Abstract
A method of providing emergency alerts to a plurality of user devices is provided. A gateway device determines, for each of the plurality of user devices, a network address that uniquely corresponds to the user device. An emergency alert associated with a predetermined region is determined. A subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region is determined. The emergency alert is then provided to the subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region via the network addresses of the subset of the plurality of user devices.
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1. A method of providing an emergency alert to a plurality of user devices comprising:
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determining, at a gateway device, for each of the plurality of user devices, a network address that uniquely corresponds to the user device; determining an emergency alert associated with a predetermined region; determining a subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region; and providing the emergency alert to the subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region via the network addresses of the subset of the plurality of user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of receiving an emergency alert at a user device comprising:
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in response to a determination at a gateway device that a subset of a plurality of user devices located in a predetermined region, each of the plurality of user devices having a network address uniquely associated with the user device; receiving, via an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the emergency alert associated with the predetermined region that is transmitted by the gateway device via the IP network to the subset of the plurality of user devices in response to the determination that the subset of the plurality of user devices is located in the predetermined region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of receiving an emergency alert at a user device having a network address uniquely associated with the user device, comprising:
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receiving, via an Internet Protocol (IP) network, an emergency alert associated with a predetermined region that is transmitted by a gateway device via the IP network to a plurality of user devices; determining, at each user device, whether the user device is located in the predetermined region; and in response to a determination that the user device is located in the predetermined region, providing the emergency alert to a user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A gateway device configured to:
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determine, for each of a plurality of user devices, a network address that uniquely corresponds to the user device; determine an emergency alert associated with a predetermined region; determine a subset of the plurality of user devices is located substantially in the predetermined region; and provide the emergency alert to the subset of the plurality of user devices located substantially in the predetermined region via the network addresses of the subset of the plurality of user devices.
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27. A user device configured to receive, via an Internet Protocol (IP) network, an emergency alert in response to a determination at a gateway device that a subset of a plurality of user devices located in a predetermined region, each of the plurality of user devices having a network address uniquely associated with the user device;
wherein the emergency alert is associated with the predetermined region that is transmitted by the gateway device via the IP network to the subset of the plurality of user devices in response to the determination that the subset of the plurality of user devices is located in the predetermined region.
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