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Emergency alert notification for the hearing impaired

  • US 7,671,732 B1
  • Filed: 10/26/2006
  • Issued: 03/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for providing information indicative of an emergency, the method comprising:

  • receiving a notification via a network enabled portable device of the occurrence of an emergency broadcast;

    rendering, via the portable device, the notification in accordance with a potential disability of the user;

    determining a source of at least one video image of a sign language as one of the portable device or a network storage location;

    obtaining the at least one video image of a sign language from the determined source; and

    rendering, via the portable device, an emergency alert message indicative of at least a portion of the emergency broadcast, wherein the emergency alert message is formatted as the at least one video image of a sign language.

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