System and method for delivering wireless emergency alerts to residential phones
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method for processing public warning messages at a residence, the method comprising:
- receiving an alert message at a fixed wireless terminal at the residence that includes the fixed wireless terminal and a receiver and where the fixed wireless terminal and the receiver are communicatively coupled over a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) network, and the alert message is a text-based file providing a warning message;
converting, by the fixed wireless terminal, the alert message from the text-based file to an audio file containing the warning message;
determining whether the receiver is currently in use;
issuing an alert, when the receiver is not currently in use, audible at the receiver;
determining the receiver is not taken off-hook subsequent to issuing the alert at the receiver;
starting a timer, by the fixed wireless terminal, in response to the determining the receiver is not taken off-hook;
reissuing the alert audible at the receiver in response to an expiration of a time period provided by the timer after the starting the timer; and
sending the audio file from the fixed wireless terminal to the receiver over the POTS network when it is determined that the receiver is taken off-hook subsequent to the reissuing the alert at the receiver,wherein the alert message is contained within a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) paging notification from an evolved Node B (eNode B) of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN), andwherein the alert message is a SystemInformationBlock Type 12 (SIB12) message comprising a plurality of segments, and wherein the method further comprises;
assembling the text-based file of the alert message from the plurality of segments of the SIB12 message.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and system for providing a Commercial Mobile Alert System paging notification, such as a text based emergency alert message, to a fixed wireless terminal system is provided. The fixed wireless terminal provides an interface between cellular wireless networks and a residential phone system comprising the fixed wireless network and one or more receivers configured to operate over a traditional Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). The fixed wireless terminal receives the text based alert message and converts the alert message into an audio file that can be provided to the one or more residential phone receivers over the POTS network.
11 Citations
13 Claims
-
1. A method for processing public warning messages at a residence, the method comprising:
-
receiving an alert message at a fixed wireless terminal at the residence that includes the fixed wireless terminal and a receiver and where the fixed wireless terminal and the receiver are communicatively coupled over a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) network, and the alert message is a text-based file providing a warning message; converting, by the fixed wireless terminal, the alert message from the text-based file to an audio file containing the warning message; determining whether the receiver is currently in use; issuing an alert, when the receiver is not currently in use, audible at the receiver; determining the receiver is not taken off-hook subsequent to issuing the alert at the receiver; starting a timer, by the fixed wireless terminal, in response to the determining the receiver is not taken off-hook; reissuing the alert audible at the receiver in response to an expiration of a time period provided by the timer after the starting the timer; and sending the audio file from the fixed wireless terminal to the receiver over the POTS network when it is determined that the receiver is taken off-hook subsequent to the reissuing the alert at the receiver, wherein the alert message is contained within a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) paging notification from an evolved Node B (eNode B) of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN), and wherein the alert message is a SystemInformationBlock Type 12 (SIB12) message comprising a plurality of segments, and wherein the method further comprises; assembling the text-based file of the alert message from the plurality of segments of the SIB12 message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A non-transitory computer readable storage device for processing public warning messages at a residence, the computer readable storage device having computer executable instructions for performing the steps of:
-
receiving an alert message at a fixed wireless terminal at the residence that includes the fixed wireless terminal and a receiver and where the fixed wireless terminal and the receiver are communicatively coupled over a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) network, and the alert message is a text-based file providing a warning message; converting, by the fixed wireless terminal, the alert message from the text-based file to an audio file containing the warning message; determining whether the receiver is currently in use; issuing an alert, when the receiver is not currently in use, audible at the receiver; determining the receiver is not taken off-hook subsequent to issuing the alert at the receiver; starting a timer, by the fixed wireless terminal, in response to the determining the receiver is not taken off-hook; reissuing the alert audible at the receiver in response to an expiration of a time period provided by the timer after the starting the timer; and sending the audio file from the fixed wireless terminal to the receiver over the POTS network when it is determined that the receiver is taken off-hook subsequent to the reissuing the alert at the receiver, wherein the alert message is contained within a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) paging notification from an evolved Node B (eNode B) of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN), and wherein the alert message is a SystemInformationBlock Type 12 (SIB12) message comprising a plurality of segments, and wherein the method further comprises; assembling the text-based file of the alert message from the plurality of segments of the SIB12 message. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A fixed wireless terminal for incorporation into a residential phone system at a residence including the fixed wireless terminal and one or more receivers external to the fixed wireless terminal and in communication with the fixed wireless terminal over a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) network, and where the residential phone system is configured to receive public warning messages, the fixed wireless terminal comprising a processor, a memory, a network interface, a text-to-speech synthesizer, and a timer,
wherein the fixed wireless terminal is configured to: -
receive, at the network interface, a text based alert message from a wireless cellular network; convert, by the text-to-speech synthesizer, the text based alert message to an audio based alert message; determine whether the one or more receivers is currently in use; issue an alert, when the one or more receivers are not currently in use, audible at the one or more receivers; determine a receiver of the one or more receivers is not taken off-hook subsequent to issuing the alert at the one or more receivers; starting a configurable timer, by the timer of the fixed wireless terminal in response to the determining the receiver is not taken off-hook; reissue the alert audible at the one or more receivers in response to an expiration of a time period of the configurable timer, in response to the starting the configurable timer; and transmit the audio based alert message to the receiver of the one or more receivers for playing the audio based alert message when it is determined that the receiver is taken off-hook subsequent to the reissuing the alert at the one or more receivers, wherein the alert message is received from a Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) paging notification from an evolved node b (enodeb) of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN), and wherein the alert message is a SystemInformationBlock Type 12 (SIB12) message comprising a plurality of segments, and prior to the fixed wireless terminal converting the text based alert message to the audio based alert message, the first wireless terminal assembles the text based alert message from the plurality of segments of the SIB12 message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
-
Specification