EMERGENCY ALERT WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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Abstract
An emergency alert system, method device are disclosed. The invention employs an emergency alert message, which directs end users to take some particular action like evacuating an identified geographic area. The invention further employs a geographic area message, which is based on a particular geographic area within which all persons should receive the emergency alert message. The invention utilizes an emergency alert enabled device that receives both the emergency alert message and the geographic area message. The emergency alert enabled device determines whether it is located within the geographic area of concern, and if so, presents the emergency alert message to the end user.
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39 Claims
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21. An alert enabled system, comprising:
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an alert transmission center that transmits an alert message and a geographic area message that is representative of a geographic area of concern; an alert enabled device including; an antenna; a geographic position module; an alert message receiver configured to receive the alert message via the antenna; an alert message interface; and
,a processor, operatively connected to the geographic position module, the alert message receiver, and the alert message interface, the processor configured to perform the following tasks; i. reassemble incoming messages, if necessary; ii. authenticate incoming messages; iii. determine whether the emergency alert enabled device is located within a geographic area of concern using data from the geographic area module; and
,iv. present relevant alert messages to a user via the emergency alert message interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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