Method and device for transmitting emergency broadcast message

• US 8,238,870 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Xing, Xing, Lv, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bush, Michael S
• Application Number:
  US12/942,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20110053550A1
• Time in Patent Office: 637 Days
• Field of Search: 379/37, 379/40, 379/41, 379/47, 379/51, 455/90.1, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 455/418, 455/521
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A method for transmitting emergency broadcast message is disclosed in the present invention. The method comprises the following steps: setting an emergency broadcast message transmitting group in a terminal, and adding a user name and/or a telephone number of a receiving user of an emergency broadcast message to the emergency broadcast message transmitting group; after the terminal receives the emergency broadcast message via the broadcast communication system, extracting the phone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group and transmitting an emergency broadcast message in the mode of short message to the receiving user corresponding to the phone number or user name. The method makes the terminals which do not have the function of directly receiving an emergency broadcast message be able to receive the emergency broadcast message, through transmitting the emergency broadcast message received by the terminal which is able to directly receive the emergency broadcast message to the terminals which cannot receive the emergency broadcast message directly from the emergency broadcast system in the mode of short message, therefore achieves the objective of notifying the emergency broadcast message quickly and widely.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting emergency broadcast message, comprising the following steps:

setting an emergency broadcast message transmitting group in a terminal with the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly, and adding a user name and/or a telephone number of a receiving user without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly of an emergency broadcast message to the emergency broadcast message transmitting group; and

the following steps performed by the terminal with the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly;

after receiving the emergency broadcast message via a broadcast communication system, extracting the telephone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group, and transmitting the emergency broadcast message in the mode of short message to the receiving user, corresponding to the telephone number or the user name, without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly, wherein the emergency broadcast transmitting group comprises a list of one or more user names and/or telephone numbers of receiving users without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly and wherein receiving users not included in the emergency broadcast transmitting group are capable of receiving the emergency broadcast message directly.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when extracting the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group, the terminal inquiring the telephone number corresponding to the user name from a phonebook, and transmitting the emergency broadcast message to the receiving user corresponding to the user name by using the telephone number.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after receiving and displaying the emergency broadcast message, the terminal prompting the user of the terminal whether to forward the emergency broadcast message by turning on a prompting window, and after the user confirms to forward, extracting the telephone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after receiving and displaying the emergency broadcast message, the terminal prompting the user of the terminal whether to forward the emergency broadcast message by turning on a prompting window, and after the user confirms to forward, extracting the telephone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein after the user of the terminal confirms to forward, the terminal further parsing the document type of the received emergency broadcast message,

if the document type is a text type, forwarding the emergency broadcast message in the mode of text short message;

if the document type is sound, video or image type, forwarding the emergency broadcast message in the mode of multimedia message.

6. A device for transmitting emergency broadcast message, comprising an emergency broadcast message receiving chip and an emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module;

wherein

the emergency broadcast message receiving chip is configured to receive an emergency broadcast message and store the emergency broadcast message;

the emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module is configured to set an emergency broadcast message transmitting group, and add a user name and/or a telephone number of a receiving user without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly of an emergency broadcast message to the emergency broadcast message transmitting group; and

the emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module is further configured to receive a forwarding confirmation command of the user, extract the emergency broadcast message from the emergency broadcast message receiving chip, and extract the telephone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group, and transmit the extracted emergency broadcast message in the mode of short message to the receiving user, corresponding to the telephone number or the user name, without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly, wherein the emergency broadcast transmitting group comprises a list of one or more user names and/or telephone numbers of receiving users without the capability of receiving an emergency broadcast message directly and wherein receiving users not included in the emergency broadcast transmitting group are capable of receiving the emergency broadcast message directly.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein when extracting the user name from the emergency broadcast message sending group, the emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module inquires the telephone number corresponding to the user name from a phonebook, and transmits the emergency broadcast message to the receiving user corresponding to the user name by using the telephone number.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device further comprising an information displaying unit,

the emergency broadcast message receiving chip is further configured to transmit the received emergency broadcast message to the information displaying unit;

the information displaying unit is configured to display the received emergency broadcast message, and notify the emergency broadcast message forwarding module the display of the emergency broadcast message is completed when the user selects to close the display;

the emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module is further configured to prompt the user of the terminal whether to forward the emergency broadcast message by turning on a prompting window after receiving an emergency broadcast message display completion notification, and extract the telephone number or the user name from the emergency broadcast message transmitting group after the user confirms to forward.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the emergency broadcast message forwarding processing module is further configured to parse the document type of the received emergency broadcast message after receiving a forwarding confirmation command,

if the document type is text type, forwarding the emergency broadcast message in the mode of text short message;

if the document type is sound, video or image type, forwarding the emergency broadcast message in the mode of multimedia message.