Emergency alert notification for the hearing impaired
First Claim
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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Abstract
An indication of an emergency alert message is provided to a user, potentially having a disability, via a networked enabled portable device. The emergency alert message is provided via sign language video images indicative of the emergency alert. A notification makes the user aware when broadcast emergency alerts are issued. In various embodiments, the portable device is enabled to receive information about an emergency alert broadcast of which the potentially disabled user should be aware, e.g., from the EAS, and to notify the user of the emergency alert. The user can be automatically taken to the emergency alert information by having the portable device automatically tune to the emergency broadcast information, the user can optionally retrieve the emergency information by tuning to the emergency broadcast channel, and/or the user can otherwise be presented with a reference to the emergency data, such as a link to the information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing information indicative of an emergency, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network enabled portable device comprising:
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a telephony processor configured to receive a notification of the occurrence of an emergency broadcast; and a user interface configured to; render the notification in accordance with a potential disability of the user; determine a source of at least one video image of a sign language as one of the portable device or a network storage location; obtain the at least one video image of a sign language from the determined source; and render 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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