Multimedia alerting
First Claim
1. A method of providing alert information to a user of a device, comprising:
- an alert service provider transmitting an alert notification of an alert to an alert processing server;
storing the alert notification in an alert database coupled to the alert processing server;
an alert notification server retrieving the alert notification from the alert database and determining one or more alert geographical tiles of interest that are affected by the alert, wherein the one or more alert geographical tiles are of a plurality of geographical tiles and each geographical tile of the plurality of geographical tiles represents a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size and the one or more alert geographical tiles are the defined size of the plurality of geographical tiles;
the alert notification server determining one or more location-enabled devices each having a location that falls within an alert geographical tile of the one or more alert geographical tiles;
retrieving a text portion of the alert from the alert database and processing the text portion of the alert to generate an audio version of the alert;
constructing an alert text notification of the alert having the text portion of the alert, an alert identifier of the alert, a reference identifier for the audio version of the alert, the one or more alert geographical tiles and the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices and storing the alert text notification into an alert notification queue;
a gateway server retrieving the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices, the alert text notification and the alert identifier of the alert from the alert notification queue and initially transmitting only the alert text notification to the one or more devices corresponding to the retrieved one or more device identifiers;
a device of the one or more devices receiving and processing the alert text notification and responsive to user direction requesting to receive alert data of the alert in addition to the alert text notification of the alert initially transmitted to and received by the device, wherein prior to the device of the one or more devices requesting to receive alert data of the alert further comprising;
obtaining a current location of the device represented by a device geographical tile, wherein the device geographical tile is the defined size of the plurality of geographical tiles; and
converting the current location of the device to a device tile code and storing the device tile code representative of the current device location to a device location database;
the device receiving and presenting to a user of the device the received alert data of the alert through a user interface of the device;
determining whether the device is authorized to receive alert notifications;
if the device is not authorized to receive alert notifications, the alert notification server sending to the device a request message requesting tracking of the device for alert notifications; and
if the request message is approved, the alert notification server updating the device location database to include the device as a registered device.
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Abstract
A method, system, apparatus, and device provides alert information to a user of a device. In response to an alert notification of an alert, one or more alert geographical tiles of interest that are affected by the alert of a plurality of geographical tiles are determined; one or more location-enabled devices each having a location that falls within an alert geographical tile of the one or more alert geographical tiles are determined; a portion of the alert is retrieved from an alert database and processed to generate a media version of the alert; an alert text notification of the alert having the text portion of the alert, an alert identifier of the alert, a reference identifier for the media version of the alert, the one or more alert geographical tiles, and the one or more one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices is constructed; the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices, the alert text notification and the alert identifier of the alert is retrieved and the alert text notification is transmitted to the one or more devices corresponding to the retrieved one or more device identifiers.
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Citations
42 Claims
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1. A method of providing alert information to a user of a device, comprising:
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an alert service provider transmitting an alert notification of an alert to an alert processing server; storing the alert notification in an alert database coupled to the alert processing server; an alert notification server retrieving the alert notification from the alert database and determining one or more alert geographical tiles of interest that are affected by the alert, wherein the one or more alert geographical tiles are of a plurality of geographical tiles and each geographical tile of the plurality of geographical tiles represents a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size and the one or more alert geographical tiles are the defined size of the plurality of geographical tiles; the alert notification server determining one or more location-enabled devices each having a location that falls within an alert geographical tile of the one or more alert geographical tiles; retrieving a text portion of the alert from the alert database and processing the text portion of the alert to generate an audio version of the alert; constructing an alert text notification of the alert having the text portion of the alert, an alert identifier of the alert, a reference identifier for the audio version of the alert, the one or more alert geographical tiles and the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices and storing the alert text notification into an alert notification queue; a gateway server retrieving the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices, the alert text notification and the alert identifier of the alert from the alert notification queue and initially transmitting only the alert text notification to the one or more devices corresponding to the retrieved one or more device identifiers; a device of the one or more devices receiving and processing the alert text notification and responsive to user direction requesting to receive alert data of the alert in addition to the alert text notification of the alert initially transmitted to and received by the device, wherein prior to the device of the one or more devices requesting to receive alert data of the alert further comprising; obtaining a current location of the device represented by a device geographical tile, wherein the device geographical tile is the defined size of the plurality of geographical tiles; and converting the current location of the device to a device tile code and storing the device tile code representative of the current device location to a device location database; the device receiving and presenting to a user of the device the received alert data of the alert through a user interface of the device; determining whether the device is authorized to receive alert notifications; if the device is not authorized to receive alert notifications, the alert notification server sending to the device a request message requesting tracking of the device for alert notifications; and if the request message is approved, the alert notification server updating the device location database to include the device as a registered device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of providing alert information to a user of a device, comprising:
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an alert service provider transmitting an alert notification of an alert to an alert processing server; storing the alert notification in an alert database coupled to the alert processing server; an alert notification server retrieving the alert notification from the alert database and determining one or more alert geographical tiles of interest that are affected by the alert of a plurality of geographical tiles, wherein each geographical tile of the plurality of geographical tiles represents a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size; the alert notification server determining one or more location-enabled devices each having a location that falls within an alert geographical tile of the one or more alert geographical tiles; retrieving a text portion of the alert from the alert database and processing the text portion of the alert to generate an audio version of the alert; constructing an alert text notification of the alert having the text portion of the alert, an alert identifier of the alert, a reference identifier for the audio version of the alert, the one or more alert geographical tiles and the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices and storing the alert text notification into an alert notification queue; a gateway server retrieving the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices, the alert text notification and the alert identifier of the alert from the alert notification queue and transmitting the alert text notification to the one or more devices corresponding to the retrieved one or more device identifiers; a device of the one or more devices receiving and processing the alert text notification and requesting to receive alert data of the alert, wherein prior to the device of the one or more devices requesting to receive alert data of the alert further comprising; obtaining a current location of the device represented by a device geographical tile; and converting the current location of the device to a device tile code and storing the device tile code representative of the current device location to a device location database; the device receiving and presenting to a user of the device the received alert data of the alert through a user interface of the device; determining whether the device is authorized to receive alert notifications; if the device is not authorized to receive alert notifications, the alert notification server sending to the device a request message requesting tracking of the device for alert notifications; and if the request message is approved, the alert notification server updating the device location database to include the device as a registered device. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A method of providing alert information to a user of a device, comprising:
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in response to an alert notification of an alert, determining one or more alert geographical tiles of interest that are affected by the alert, wherein the one or more alert geographical tiles are of a plurality of geographical tiles and each geographical tile of the plurality of geographical tiles represents a unique geographic projection of a rendered geographical area of defined size and the one or more alert geographical tiles are the defined size of the plurality of geographical tiles; determining one or more location-enabled devices each having a location that falls within an alert geographical tile of the one or more alert geographical tiles; retrieving a portion of the alert from an alert database and processing the portion of the alert to generate a media version of the alert; constructing an alert text notification of the alert having the text portion of the alert, an alert identifier of the alert, a reference identifier for the media version of the alert, the one or more alert geographical tiles, and one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices; retrieving the one or more device identifiers for each of the one or more devices, the alert text notification and the alert identifier of the alert and initially transmitting only the alert text notification to the one or more devices corresponding to the retrieved one or more device identifiers prior to a device of the one or more devices receiving and processing the alert text notification and requesting to receive alert data of the alert further comprising; obtaining a current location of the device represented by a device geographical tile; and converting the current location of the device to a device tile code and storing the device tile code representative of the current device location to a device location database; receiving and presenting to a user of the device the received alert data of the alert through a user interface of the device; determining whether the device is authorized to receive alert notifications; if the device is not authorized to receive alert notifications, sending to the device a request message requesting tracking of the device for alert notifications; and if the request message is approved, updating the device location database to include the device as a registered device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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