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Network congestion prevention and/or mitigation

  • US 9,143,978 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2012
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an indication of an emergency via a network;

    in response to the indication, generating an emergency alert message;

    determining a congestion status of the network;

    comparing the congestion status of the network to a predetermined threshold;

    formatting the emergency alert message based at least on the congestion status;

    determining a connection mechanism of a device that is an intended recipient of the formatted emergency alert message;

    determining whether the connection mechanism supports a message formatted according to a first format that uses more network resources than a message formatted according to a second format;

    if the congestion status of the network exceeds the predetermined threshold and thethe connection mechanism does not supports a message formatted according to a first format, formatting the emergency alert message according to the second format; and

    distributing the formatted emergency alert message.

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