Use of the commercial mobile alert system to trigger alternative receivers

• US 9,769,636 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2015
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Daly, Brian Kevin, Sennett, DeWayne A.
• Primary Examiner(s): TAYLOR, NATHAN SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US14/835,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064528A1
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A system and method for providing a message to a user of a device, such as a mobile cellular phone, which includes using a signal, such as a wireless broadcast alert, to turn on one or more receivers of the device configured to receive the message, conserves battery power for the device until it is needed in order to receive and transmit the message.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

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;

obtaining, via a wireless broadcast application, configuration data corresponding to at least one broadcast source for a geographic location responsive to at least one of;

the apparatus being powered on for a first time in the geographic location;

or

the apparatus migrating, while powered on, to the geographic location;

determining that the apparatus is capable of receiving signals from the at least one broadcast source; and

tuning to a channel determined by the wireless broadcast application to be associated with the geographic location of the apparatus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

configuring the apparatus to be in an on state for receiving a wireless broadcast message while an at least one receiver is initially in an off state; and

powering on the apparatus in response to receiving the wireless broadcast message.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wireless broadcast application comprises a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) application.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, the at least one broadcast source comprising at least one of a digital television broadcast, a frequency modulation broadcast, an amplitude modulation broadcast, a satellite broadcast, or a national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radio broadcast.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, the operations further comprising:

selecting a source of the at least one broadcast source based on a relative signal strength of a respective at least one signal provided by the at least one broadcast source.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, the operations further comprising determining a signal strength associated with each of the at least one broadcast source.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of a digital television receiver, a frequency modulation receiver, an amplitude modulation receiver, a satellite receiver, or a national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radio receiver.

8. A method comprising:

obtaining, via a wireless broadcast application on an apparatus, configuration data corresponding to at least one broadcast source for a geographic location responsive to at least one of;

the apparatus being powered on for a first time in the geographic location;

or

the apparatus migrating, while powered on, to the geographic location;

determining that the apparatus is capable of receiving signals from the at least one broadcast source; and

tuning to a channel determined by the wireless broadcast application to be associated with the geographic location of the apparatus.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

configuring the apparatus to be in an on state for receiving a wireless broadcast message while an at least one receiver is initially in an off state; and

powering on the apparatus in response to receiving the wireless broadcast message.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the wireless broadcast application comprises a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) application.

11. The method of claim 8, the at least one broadcast source comprising at least one of a digital television broadcast, a frequency modulation broadcast, an amplitude modulation broadcast, a satellite broadcast, or a national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radio broadcast.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

selecting a source of the at least one broadcast source based on a relative signal strength of a respective at least one signal provided by the at least one broadcast source.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining a signal strength associated with each of the at least one broadcast source.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of a digital television receiver, a frequency modulation receiver, an amplitude modulation receiver, a satellite receiver, or a national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radio receiver.

15. A computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

obtaining, via a wireless broadcast application on an apparatus, configuration data corresponding to at least one broadcast source for a geographic location responsive to at least one of;

the apparatus being powered on for a first time in the geographic location;

or

the apparatus migrating, while powered on, to the geographic location;

determining that the apparatus is capable of receiving signals from the at least one broadcast source; and

tuning to a channel determined by the wireless broadcast application to be associated with the geographic location of the apparatus.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

configuring the apparatus to be in an on state for receiving a wireless broadcast message while an at least one receiver is initially in an off state; and

powering on the apparatus in response to receiving the wireless broadcast message.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

selecting a source of the at least one broadcast source based on a relative signal strength of a respective at least one signal provided by the at least one broadcast source.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising determining a signal strength associated with each of the at least one broadcast source.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the wireless broadcast application comprises a commercial mobile alert system (CMAS) application.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the at least one broadcast source comprising at least one of a digital television broadcast, a frequency modulation broadcast, an amplitude modulation broadcast, a satellite broadcast, or a national oceanic and atmospheric administration weather radio broadcast.