Method and apparatus for prioritizing message transmissions and alerts in a radio communication system
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1. A method for prioritizing alerts in a data communication receiver for receiving information about an event, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first message including first status information about the event;
setting an alert priority in response to the first status information wherein the alert priority is indicative of different stages, including a critical stage, of the event, and wherein the alert priority is set by the data communication receiver without user intervention;
receiving, subsequent to receiving the first message, a second message including second status information about the same event, wherein the second status information is different from the first status information;
comparing the first and second status information to determine a status change in the event that has occurred between the sending of the first message and the sending of the second message;
setting a status change priority of the status change automatically and without user intervention, wherein the status change priority is unrelated to the alert priority;
alerting, automatically and without user intervention, a user of the status change regardless of the status change priority when the event that is the subject of both the first and second messages is determined to be at the critical stage by reference to the alert priority; and
selectively alerting a user, automatically and without user intervention, responsive to the status change priority and the alert priority when the event is not at the critical stage.
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Abstract
A communications system (100) for transmission of a plurality of messages over a communications channel includes a terminal (105) for selectively transmitting each of the plurality of message, and data communication receivers (110) for receiving first and second messages about the same event. The first and second messages are compared in order to determine the status change of the event, and an alert priority is issued indicating that the event is at a critical stage, based on such comparison.
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1. A method for prioritizing alerts in a data communication receiver for receiving information about an event, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first message including first status information about the event; setting an alert priority in response to the first status information wherein the alert priority is indicative of different stages, including a critical stage, of the event, and wherein the alert priority is set by the data communication receiver without user intervention; receiving, subsequent to receiving the first message, a second message including second status information about the same event, wherein the second status information is different from the first status information; comparing the first and second status information to determine a status change in the event that has occurred between the sending of the first message and the sending of the second message; setting a status change priority of the status change automatically and without user intervention, wherein the status change priority is unrelated to the alert priority; alerting, automatically and without user intervention, a user of the status change regardless of the status change priority when the event that is the subject of both the first and second messages is determined to be at the critical stage by reference to the alert priority; and selectively alerting a user, automatically and without user intervention, responsive to the status change priority and the alert priority when the event is not at the critical stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A data communication receiver for prioritizing alerts, the data communication receiver comprising:
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first status information about an event and for later receiving a second message about the same event, the second message including second status information different from the first status information; a priority alert element coupled to the receiver for setting, without user intervention, an alert priority in response to the first status information, wherein the alert priority is indicative of different stages, including a critical stage, of the event that is the subject of the first and second messages; a comparator coupled to the receiver for comparing the first and second status information to determine a status change in the event that has occurred between the sending of the first message and the sending of the second message, wherein the priority alert element sets, without user intervention, a status change priority that is associated with the status change and that is unrelated to the alert priority; and an alert mechanism coupled to the receiver and the priority alert element for automatically alerting, without user intervention, a user of the status change regardless of the status change priority when the alert priority indicates that the event is at the critical stage, and for selectively alerting a user responsive to the status change priority and the alert priority when the event is not at the critical stage. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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