Providing multimedia wireless emergency alerts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10834566-B2
Application number	US-202016848802-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2020
Priority date	Feb 27, 2019
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to a user equipment that can receive a cellular broadcast message comprising a data element identifying the cellular broadcast message as a wireless emergency alert. The network address information (e.g., URL) can identify a network location associated with multimedia content to be transmitted to the user equipment, the multimedia content stored at a repository associated with a server device. The user equipment can, in response to detecting that the cellular broadcast message comprises the data element, send a content request to the server device associated with the network location identified by the network address information, and subsequently it can receive the multimedia content from the server device and provide the multimedia content via a graphical user interface displayed on a screen of the user equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a cellular broadcast message comprising network address information that identifies a network location associated with multimedia content to be transmitted to the user device, the multimedia content stored at a repository associated with a server device,
in response to detecting that the cellular broadcast message comprises a data element identifying the cellular broadcast message as a wireless emergency alert, requesting the multimedia content after a delay time selected by the user device, by sending a content request to the server device associated with the network location identified by the network address information,
receiving the multimedia content from the server device, and
rendering the multimedia content via a graphical user interface of a display of the user device.

2. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the cellular broadcast message comprises a text message.

3. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the network address information comprises a universal resource locator usable to route the content request to the server device.

4. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia content relates to an emergency condition associated with the wireless emergency alert.

5. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to an instruction from a network device, selecting the delay time from a range of delay times.

6. The user device of claim 5 , wherein the instruction, based on a determination concerning a number of user devices that are to receive the wireless emergency alert, instructs the user device to broaden the range of delay times for the selecting.

7. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to an instruction from a network device based on a determination concerning a number of user devices that are to receive the wireless emergency alert, sending the content request without selecting the delay time.

8. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the server device comprises a content server device operated by an emergency management entity.

9. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the cellular broadcast message was routed via a cellular broadcast center node device and further routed via a network node device of the wireless network.

10. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment comprising a processor, a cellular broadcast message while the user equipment is in an inactive state;
determining, by the user equipment, whether the cellular broadcast message comprises a data element identifying the cellular broadcast message as a wireless emergency alert;
in response to a determination that the cellular broadcast message comprises the data element, and using network address information associated with the cellular broadcast message, transmitting, by the user equipment, after a change in the user equipment from the inactive state to an active state, a request for content stored at a data store accessible by a server device associated with the network address information;
receiving, by the user equipment, the content via a communication network; and
presenting, by the user equipment, the content via a graphical user interface generated by the user equipment.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting the request comprises transmitting the request via a Wi-Fi network connection.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising making, by the user equipment, the change from the inactive state to the active state in response to a user input.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, making, by the user equipment, the change from the inactive state to the active state in response to entry of at least one of a password or a pattern.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, in response to the determination that the cellular broadcast message comprises the data element, providing, by the user equipment, an alert while remaining in the inactive state.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the change is based on an unlocking of the user equipment.

16. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user equipment, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving a cellular broadcast message;
determining whether the cellular broadcast message comprises a data element identifying the cellular broadcast message as a wireless emergency alert;
in response to the determining indicating that the cellular broadcast message comprises the data element, selecting a delay time from a range of delay times based on an instruction from a network device, and using network address information associated with the cellular broadcast message to transmit a request, after the selected delay time has elapsed, for multimedia content accessible via a server device associated with the network address information;
receiving the multimedia content from the server device; and
facilitating a rendering of the multimedia content via a graphical user interface of the user equipment.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the request in response to a change of the user equipment from an idle state to an active state.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the facilitating the rendering of the multimedia content via the graphical user interface comprises playing the multimedia content via a web browser in response to entry of the user equipment from an idle state into an active state triggered by unlocking the user equipment.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the range of delay times corresponds to a number of user equipment that are to receive the wireless emergency alert.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the change is triggered by unlocking the user equipment.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Daly Brian
• Marx Joseph
• Musgrove Charles

Classifications

• H04M1/724

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• H04M1/7243

  with interactive means for internal management of messages · CPC title

• H04W4/90 Primary

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title

• H04M15/61

  based on the service used · CPC title

• H04W4/24

  Accounting or billing · CPC title