Method and apparatus for disaster notification
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a memory storing a database for mapping a location of a first device to a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) of the first device; and
one or more processors configured to;
receive an indication of the location of the first device that is subscribed to a disaster notification service;
receive friend information corresponding to one or more devices subscribed to the disaster notification service for storage in the memory;
in response to receiving a disaster alert, detect that the first device is located in an area associated with the disaster based on the indication of the location of the first device;
using the friend information, retrieving at least one second device by identifying any devices indicating that the a user of the first device is registered as a friend; and
transmit a first indication of the disaster to the first device and a second indication of the disaster to the retrieved at least one second device,wherein the disaster alert includes an indication of a disaster location, and detecting that the first device is located in the area associated with the disaster includes performing a search of the database based on the disaster location and retrieving the MSISDN of the first device as a result of the search,wherein the friend information is utilized to map the first device to the at least one second device, based on the at least one second device indicating that the user of the first device is registered as a friend to a user of the at least one second device, andwherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a location ID or a qeohash when the location ID or geohash is not included in the disaster alert.
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Abstract
A server is provided comprising a processor configured to: receive an indication of a location of a first device that is subscribed to a disaster notification service; in response to receiving a disaster alert, detect that the first device is located in an area associated with the disaster based on the indication of the location of the first device; identify a second device that has registered the first device as a friend; and transmit a first indication of the disaster to the first device and a second indication of the disaster to the second device.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a memory storing a database for mapping a location of a first device to a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) of the first device; and one or more processors configured to; receive an indication of the location of the first device that is subscribed to a disaster notification service; receive friend information corresponding to one or more devices subscribed to the disaster notification service for storage in the memory; in response to receiving a disaster alert, detect that the first device is located in an area associated with the disaster based on the indication of the location of the first device; using the friend information, retrieving at least one second device by identifying any devices indicating that the a user of the first device is registered as a friend; and transmit a first indication of the disaster to the first device and a second indication of the disaster to the retrieved at least one second device, wherein the disaster alert includes an indication of a disaster location, and detecting that the first device is located in the area associated with the disaster includes performing a search of the database based on the disaster location and retrieving the MSISDN of the first device as a result of the search, wherein the friend information is utilized to map the first device to the at least one second device, based on the at least one second device indicating that the user of the first device is registered as a friend to a user of the at least one second device, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a location ID or a qeohash when the location ID or geohash is not included in the disaster alert. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in an electronic device, comprising:
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storing in a memory a database for mapping a location of a first device to a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) of the first device; receiving an indication of the location of the first device that is subscribed to a disaster notification service; receiving friend information corresponding to one or more devices subscribed to the disaster notification service for storage in a memory; in response to receiving a disaster alert, detecting by a processor that the first device is located in an area associated with the disaster based on the indication of the location of the first device; using the friend information, retrieving at least one second device by identifying any devices indicating that the a user of the first device is registered as a friend; and transmitting a first indication of the disaster to the first device and a second indication of the disaster to the retrieved at least one second device, wherein the disaster alert includes an indication of a disaster location, and detecting that the first device is located in the area associated with the disaster includes performing a search of the database based on the disaster location and retrieving the MSISDN of the first device as a result of the search, wherein the friend information is utilized to map the first device to the at least one second device, based on the at least one second device indicating that the user of the first device is registered as a friend to a user of the at least one second device, and wherein the processor is configured to generate a location ID or a geohash when the location ID or qeohash is not included in the disaster alert. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor-executable instructions, executable by the processor to perform:
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storing in a memory a database for mapping a location of a first device to a Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number (MSISDN) of the first device; receiving an indication of a location of the first device that is subscribed to receive disaster indications; receiving receive friend information corresponding to one or more devices subscribed to the a disaster notification service for storage in a memory; in response to receiving a disaster alert, detecting that the first device is located in an area associated with the disaster based on the indication of the location of the first device; using the friend information, retrieving at least one second device by identifying any devices indicating that the a user of the first device is registered as a friend; and transmitting a first indication of the disaster to the first device and a second indication of the disaster to the second device, wherein the disaster alert includes an indication of a disaster location, and detecting that the first device is located in the area associated with the disaster includes performing a search of the database based on the disaster location and retrieving the MSISDN of the first device as a result of the search, wherein the friend information is utilized to map the first device to the at least one second device, based on the at least one second device indicating that the user of the first device is registered as a friend to a user of the at least one second device, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a location ID or a qeohash when the location ID or qeohash is not included in the disaster alert.
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