Apparatus and method for providing weather and other alerts
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G08B-001/08
G08B-001/00
출원번호
US-0051466
(2005-02-07)
등록번호
US-7339467
(2008-03-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Lamb,George W.
출원인 / 주소
AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
56인용 특허 :
49
초록▼
An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area may include a receiver adapted to receive transmissions comprising formatted text on a communication channel of a wireless bi-directional communication network; a periphe
An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area may include a receiver adapted to receive transmissions comprising formatted text on a communication channel of a wireless bi-directional communication network; a peripheral device operable to indicate an alert condition, including displaying the formatted text; and a controller communicatively coupled to the receiver and the peripheral device. The controller is operable to monitor a communication channel of the network for the receipt of a transmission of location-specific alert information from a transmitter servicing a geographical area and to operate the peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of the location-specific alert information to display the formatted text. The location-specific alert information is broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of the wireless bi-directional communication network having communication channels and transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to specific geographical areas serviced by the communication network.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area, the location-specific alert information being broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional com
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for providing location-specific alert information associated with an alert condition relevant to a geographical area, the location-specific alert information being broadcast within the geographical area by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels and a plurality of transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to specific geographical areas serviced by the communication network, said apparatus comprising: a receiver adapted to receive transmissions on a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bi-directional communication network, wherein said transmissions comprise formatted text; a peripheral device operable to indicate an alert condition, wherein said indication comprises displaying said formatted text; and a controller communicatively coupled to said receiver and said peripheral device, said controller being operable to monitor a communication channel of the wireless bi-directional communication network for the receipt of a transmission of location-specific alert information from a transmitter servicing a geographical area and to operate said peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of said location-specific alert information to display said formatted text. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said formatted text comprises at least one of: colored text, bold text, italicized text, text of varying type-size, underlined text, text in tables, boxes, text of various font types, lines, or ASCII text. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device comprises a color display operative to display said formatted text. 4. An apparatus for providing to a user alert information associated with an alert condition, the alert information being broadcast by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels and a plurality of transmitters which are each positioned to provide communication services to persons in a particular respective geographical area serviced by the communication network, said apparatus comprising: a receiver adapted to receive transmissions on a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bi-directional communication network, wherein said transmissions comprise formatted text; a peripheral device operable to inform the user of the existence of a relevant alert condition, wherein said informing of the user comprises displaying said formatted text; and a controller communicatively coupled to said receiver and said peripheral device, said controller being operable to continuously monitor a communication channel of the wireless bi-directional communication network for the receipt of a transmission of alert information from a transmitter and to operate said peripheral device in response to the reception of the transmission of said alert information to display said formatted text; wherein said controller is further operable to maintain a closed user group list used to filter out particular messages. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said controller is further operable to monitor said communication channel of said wireless bi-directional network for the receipt of a closed user group message and to update said closed user group list based at least in part on the reception of the closed user group message. 6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said formatted text comprises at least one of: colored text, bold text, italicized text, text of varying type-size, underlined text, text in tables, boxes, text of various font types, lines, or ASCII text. 7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said peripheral device comprises a color display operative to display said formatted text. 8. A method of operating a device having a receiver and a peripheral device to receive alert information pertaining to an alert condition which is broadcast by a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels and to inform a user of the existence of the alert condition, the method comprising: selecting a communication channel from the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bi-directional communication network; monitoring the selected communication channel with the receiver for a transmission of a control message, wherein said control message includes a type indicator; reconfiguring the device in accordance with the control message, the reconfiguration influencing subsequent operation of the device; monitoring the selected communication channel with the receiver for a transmission including alert information pertaining to the alert condition; and operating the peripheral device to notify the user of the alert condition upon detection of a transmission including alert information, wherein said notification of the user comprises displaying a formatted text message according to said type indicator. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the control message comprises a provisioning level setting message, and reconfiguring the device comprises setting the device to operate in accordance with the provisioning level identified in the provisioning level setting message. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the control message comprises a standby message setting message and reconfiguring the device comprises storing the standby message in the device for display in response to the reception of particular alert information. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the control message comprises an activate standby message and reconfiguring the device comprises activating the standby message identified in the activate standby message. 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the control message comprises a serial number specific message and only the device containing the serial number identified in the serial number specific message will operate on the received message. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the control message comprises a controlled user group update message and reconfiguring the device comprises updating a controlled user group list in accordance with the preferred system provider update message. 14. The method of claim 8, further comprising interpreting said type indicator to determine a format in which to display formatted text. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein said formatted text comprises at least one of: colored text, bold text, italicized text, text of varying type-size, underlined text, text in tables, boxes, text of various font types, lines, or ASCII text. 16. A receiver module for receiving a location-specific alert information being broadcast within a geographical area by at least one transmitter of a wireless bi-directional communication network having a plurality of communication channels, the receiver module comprising: a processor adapted to process the location-specific alert information, said processor adapted to be coupled to a receiver adapted to receive transmissions on a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels of the wireless bidirectional communication network, wherein said transmissions comprise formatted text; an input/output (I/O) port coupled to said processor; and at least one user alerting device coupled to said I/O port, adapted to said display formatted text; wherein the receiver is adapted to receive the location-specific alert information and said processor is adapted to process the location-specific alert information when the receiver module is within a certain geographic area. 17. The receiver module according to claim 16, wherein said user alerting device comprises at least one of a vibrating device, a sound emitting device, a light emitting device, a power supply, a reset device or an antenna connector. 18. The receiver module according to claim 16, wherein the receiver module is adapted to be incorporated into at least one of a standalone device, an integrated device or an attached device. 19. The receiver module according to claim 16, wherein said user-alerting device comprises a color display operative to display said formatted text. 20. The receiver module according to claim 16, wherein said formatted text comprises at least one of: colored text, bold text, italicized text, text of varying type-size, underlined text, text in tables, boxes, text of various font types, lines, or ASCII text.
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