Message broadcasting control system and method
First Claim
1. A message broadcasting system providing a plurality of broadcast messages to a plurality of message specific broadcast target areas, the system comprising:
- a broadcast admission control module receiving a plurality of broadcast message records each having one of the plurality of broadcast messages, a message specific geographically defined broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier for each one broadcast message, validating each received broadcast message record as a function of the broadcast message originator identifier and the broadcast target area, said broadcast admission control module generating a validated broadcast message record for each successfully validated broadcast message record; and
a broadcast message distributor module receiving each of the validated broadcast message record, determining for each message record which ones of a plurality of message broadcast transmission networks provide broadcast messaging service to at least a portion of the geographically defined broadcast target area for each message and transmitting each broadcast message to at least a portion of the geographically defined broadcast target area, over an output interface coupled to the determined broadcast transmission networks.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing broadcast messages to message specific broadcast target areas having a broadcast admission control module receiving records each having a broadcast message, a message specific broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier for each one broadcast message, validating each received broadcast message record as a function of the broadcast message originator identifier and the broadcast target area, and generating a validated broadcast message record for each successfully validated broadcast message record. The system includes a broadcast message distributor module receiving the validated broadcast message records, determining for each message record which message broadcast transmission network provides broadcast messaging service to at least a portion of the broadcast target area and transmitting each broadcast message and all or a portion of the broadcast target area, over an output interface coupled to the determined broadcast transmission network.
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20 Claims
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1. A message broadcasting system providing a plurality of broadcast messages to a plurality of message specific broadcast target areas, the system comprising:
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a broadcast admission control module receiving a plurality of broadcast message records each having one of the plurality of broadcast messages, a message specific geographically defined broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier for each one broadcast message, validating each received broadcast message record as a function of the broadcast message originator identifier and the broadcast target area, said broadcast admission control module generating a validated broadcast message record for each successfully validated broadcast message record; and a broadcast message distributor module receiving each of the validated broadcast message record, determining for each message record which ones of a plurality of message broadcast transmission networks provide broadcast messaging service to at least a portion of the geographically defined broadcast target area for each message and transmitting each broadcast message to at least a portion of the geographically defined broadcast target area, over an output interface coupled to the determined broadcast transmission networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of broadcast messaging to a broadcast target area, the method comprising:
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receiving over a data interface a plurality of broadcast message records each having a broadcast message and a geographically defined broadcast target area associated with the broadcast message, wherein each received broadcast message record is associated with a different broadcast message originator identifier each of which identifies a different originator of each message; validating each broadcast message record as a function one or more of the broadcast message originator identifier and the broadcast target area of each broadcast message record; generating a validated broadcast message record for each validated broadcast message record; determining for each message record which ones of a plurality of message broadcast transmission networks provide broadcast messaging service to at least a portion of the geographically defined broadcast target area for each message; and transmitting each broadcast message and each associated geographically defined broadcast target area over an output interface to each determined broadcast transmission network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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