Systems and methods for providing emergency alerts
First Claim
1. A method for providing indications of emergency alerts to a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more emergency alert messages associated with a first location;
uniquely identifying one or more first devices of the plurality of devices which have established communication via an access point (AP) also associated with the first location;
uniquely identifying one or more second devices of the plurality of devices associated with respective one or more second locations, the one or more second locations being within a prescribed radius of the first location;
determining at least two types of alert indication responses for the one or more first and second devices based at least in part on the one or more emergency alert messages;
issuing one or more first commands to the one or more first devices to implement one or more first types of the at least two types of determined alert indication responses; and
issuing one or more second commands to the one or more second devices to implement one or more second types of the at least two types of determined alert indication responses.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing indications of received emergency alert messages to devices within a consumer premises are disclosed. In one embodiment, a consumer premise equipment (CPE) receiving one or more emergency alert messages from a content provider or managed network determines one or more alert responses for one or more devices of the consumer premise network. In one implementation, the responses are based at least in part on the received emergency alert messages themselves. The CPE issues one or more commands to one or more devices present within the consumer premises (which may be for example a home automation system), to indicate the one or more determined alert indication responses, such as auditory alert and visual alert by the one or more devices. Thus, users in the consumer premises may be made aware of an alert message outside of the typical means in which an alert is displayed, such as via a television.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing indications of emergency alerts to a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more emergency alert messages associated with a first location; uniquely identifying one or more first devices of the plurality of devices which have established communication via an access point (AP) also associated with the first location; uniquely identifying one or more second devices of the plurality of devices associated with respective one or more second locations, the one or more second locations being within a prescribed radius of the first location; determining at least two types of alert indication responses for the one or more first and second devices based at least in part on the one or more emergency alert messages; issuing one or more first commands to the one or more first devices to implement one or more first types of the at least two types of determined alert indication responses; and issuing one or more second commands to the one or more second devices to implement one or more second types of the at least two types of determined alert indication responses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus configured to provide indications of emergency alerts to a plurality of devices, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor apparatus; one or more interfaces in data communication with the processor apparatus; and a storage apparatus in data communication with the processor apparatus and comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium with at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to; receive an emergency alert system (EAS) message associated with a first location, the message received via at least one of the one or more interfaces; reformat the received EAS message into at least two types of indication alert messages; cause transmission, via at least one of the one or more interfaces, of a first type of the at least two types of indication alert messages to one or more devices of the plurality of devices which have established communication via an access point (AP) associated with the first location; and cause transmission, via at least one of the one or more interfaces, of a second type of the at least two types of indication alert messages to one or more other devices of the plurality of devices, the one or more other devices being within a designated range of the first location; wherein the first type of the at least two types of indication alert messages is of a first priority level and the second type of the at least two types of indication alert messages is of a second priority level lower than the first priority level. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing emergency alerts to a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more emergency alert messages associated with a first location; uniquely identifying one or more first devices of the plurality of devices associated with respective one or more second locations, the one or more second locations being within a prescribed geographic area relative to the first location; uniquely identifying one or more second devices of the plurality of devices associated with respective one or more third locations, the one or more third locations being outside the prescribed geographic area; determining at least two types of alert responses for the one or more first and second devices based at least in part on the one or more emergency alert messages; issuing one or more first commands to the one or more first devices to implement one or more first types of the at least two types of determined alert responses; and issuing one or more second commands to the one or more second devices to implement one or more second types of the at least two types of determined alert responses. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus configured to provide emergency alerts to a plurality of devices, the apparatus comprising:
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a processor apparatus; one or more interfaces in data communication with the processor apparatus; and a storage apparatus in data communication with the processor apparatus and comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium with at least one computer program stored thereon, the at least one computer program configured to, when executed, cause the apparatus to; receive an emergency alert message associated with one or more first locations, the message received via at least one of the one or more interfaces; reformat the received emergency alert message into at least two types of indication alert messages; cause transmission, via at least one of the one or more interfaces, of a first type of the at least two types of indication alert messages to one or more first devices of the plurality of devices being within a prescribed geographic relationship of at least one of the one or more first locations; and cause transmission, via at least one of the one or more interfaces, of a second type of the at least two types of indication alert messages to one or more other devices of the plurality of devices, the one or more other devices being outside the prescribed relationship of any of the one or more first locations; wherein the first type of the at least two types of indication alert messages is of a first priority level and the second type of the at least two types of indication alert messages is of a second priority level, the second priority level comprising a priority lower than the first priority level. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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