Method of transmitting emergency messages in a RF communication system
First Claim
1. In an RF communication system having a base station that receives incoming messages for transmission to selective call receivers, a method for transmitting emergency messages to the selective call receivers, comprising:
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a) receiving incoming messages that are to be transmitted to selective call receivers, wherein some of the incoming messages are emergency messages that include an emergency code;
b) removing the emergency code from the emergency messages to provide shortened emergency messages; and
c) transmitting the shortened emergency messages along with alert instructions for activating a priority alert in selective call receivers that receive a shortened emergency message.
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Abstract
A method for an RF base station (105) to transmit an emergency message to a selective call receiver (104). The base station (105) receives incoming messages that are to be transmitted to selective call receivers, some of which incoming messages are emergency messages that include an emergency code, such as "911". The base station (105) creates a shortened emergency message by removing the emergency code from an incoming emergency message, and sends the shortened emergency message to a selective call receiver (104), along with an alert instruction for actuating a priority alert in the selective call receiver (104).
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7 Claims
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1. In an RF communication system having a base station that receives incoming messages for transmission to selective call receivers, a method for transmitting emergency messages to the selective call receivers, comprising:
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at the base station; a) receiving incoming messages that are to be transmitted to selective call receivers, wherein some of the incoming messages are emergency messages that include an emergency code; b) removing the emergency code from the emergency messages to provide shortened emergency messages; and c) transmitting the shortened emergency messages along with alert instructions for activating a priority alert in selective call receivers that receive a shortened emergency message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In an RF communication system having a base station that receives incoming messages for transmission to selective call receivers, a method for transmitting emergency messages to the selective call receivers, comprising:
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at the base station; a) receiving incoming messages that are to be transmitted to selective call receivers, wherein some of the incoming messages are emergency messages that include "911"; b) scanning incoming messages to detect the presence of "911"; c) removing "911" from the emergency messages to provide shortened emergency messages; and d) transmitting the shortened emergency messages along with alert instructions for activating a priority alert in selective call receivers that receive a shortened emergency message.
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