Communications Platform

• US 20110045802A1
• Filed: 03/22/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Darrell Mcdowell, Kenneth Bland
• Original Assignee: Darrell Mcdowell, Kenneth Bland
• Inventors: McDowell, Darrell, Bland, Kenneth
• Granted Patent: US 8,918,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/385 of the core network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A communications platform for mobile devices for transmitting data (such as alert messages) to at least one mobile device user comprises a server and an alert client, which client may be responsible for receiving alert messages sent by the server and may further perform specific functions on a mobile communications device to insure that the alert message does not remain unnoticed or ignored. The platform may further comprise a cell broadcast service server to limit transmission of an alert message to mobile device users in a particular locality or localities.

Claims

1. A communications platform, the communications platform comprising at least one server, a transport layer, a client, and at least one mobile communications device,

wherein the client comprises at least one application operatively coupled to the at least one mobile communications device, the client capable of communicating with the at least one server of the platform over the transport layer, the client capable further capable of receiving a transmission from the at least one server over the transport layer, the client further capable of displaying said transmission on the at least one mobile communications device upon direction from the at least one server, and the client further capable of communicating with the at least one server that a transmission has been displayed on the at least one mobile device.

2. The communications platform of claim 1, wherein the at least one server comprises a short message service internet proxy server.

3. The communications platform of claim 1, wherein the transport layer comprises short message service.

4. The communications platform of claim 1, wherein the transport layer comprises cell broadcast service.

5. The communications platform of claim 1, wherein the at least one server further comprises a mediation server, which mediation server may convert or reformat a transmission for display on a mobile communications device on which the client is not operatively coupled.

6. The communications platform of claim 1, wherein at least one mobile communications device comprises a browser capable of communicating with and displaying a transmission received from the at least one server