Campus alerting via wireless geocast
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a signal indicative of an alerting message, the signal comprising;
an indication of a target distribution region for the signal; and
an indication of alerting message content;
comparing a location at which the signal was received with the target distribution region;
when the location at which the signal was received is at least one of the same as, a part of, or overlaps with the target distribution region, rendering the alerting message content;
determining whether the signal has been received at least a predetermined number of times; and
when it is determined that the signal has been received at least the predetermined number of times, determining whether the signal was sent from a location closer than a minimum distance from the location at which the signal was received.
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Abstract
A geocast alerting system employs wireless geocast transmissions to deliver customized alerting messages to particular geographic areas. Geocast alerting regions and sub-regions can be defined within the system. Upon notice of the occurrence of an emergent situation, one or more geographic areas that may potentially be affected by the emergent situation are determined. The potentially effected geographic regions are compared with geocast alerting regions and sub-regions corresponding to particular geographic areas. Target alerting regions that should receive alerting messages are identified based on the comparison. The content of alerting messages can be tailored for each target alerting region. The content of alerting messages can contain distinct portions of content, each portion tailored based upon one or more conditions related to communications devices within the target alerting region.
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10 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of an alerting message, the signal comprising; an indication of a target distribution region for the signal; and an indication of alerting message content; comparing a location at which the signal was received with the target distribution region; when the location at which the signal was received is at least one of the same as, a part of, or overlaps with the target distribution region, rendering the alerting message content; determining whether the signal has been received at least a predetermined number of times; and when it is determined that the signal has been received at least the predetermined number of times, determining whether the signal was sent from a location closer than a minimum distance from the location at which the signal was received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
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receiving a signal indicative of an alerting message, the signal comprising; an indication of a target distribution region for the signal; and an indication of alerting message content; comparing a location at which the signal was received with the target distribution region; when the location at which the signal was received is at least one of the same as, a part of, or overlaps with the target distribution region, rendering the alerting message content; determining whether the signal has been received at least a predetermined number of times; and when it is determined that the signal has been received at least the predetermined number of times, determining whether the signal was sent from a location closer than a minimum distance from the location at which the signal was received. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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