Utilization of SMS and/or cellular broadcast to receive multimedia alerts
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency;
receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and
providing multimedia obtained via the selected link.
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Abstract
An indication of the location of multimedia information for an emergency alert is distributed via text based protocols such as a Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) and/or a Short Message Service (SMS). Multimedia information can include maps, graphics, video clips, audio clips, still pictures, and the like. A text based alert message along with an indication of the location of the associated multimedia is distributed to users. The indication can comprise a link to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), or the like, from which the multimedia can be retrieved. The indication can comprise a pointer to a link. For example, the alert message can comprise an address in storage of a user device, and the address can contain the link to the URL. Further, the multimedia can be retrieved automatically or manually.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency; receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and providing multimedia obtained via the selected link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising; receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency; receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and receiving multimedia obtained via the selected link. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
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receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency; receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and providing multimedia obtained via the selected link. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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