Processing wireless emergency alert messages with uniform resource locators to reduce cellular network load

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820121-B2
Application number	US-201514969995-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A method, a mobile device, and a computer-readable medium for accessing target data of a uniform resource locator received in a wireless emergency alert message are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor for receiving a wireless emergency alert message including a uniform resource locator via a cellular broadcast, determining that a non-cellular access network is available for the mobile device, accessing target data from the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network, when the non-cellular access network is available, and presenting the target data on the mobile device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor of a mobile device, a first wireless emergency alert message, wherein the first wireless emergency alert message comprises alert data;
displaying, by the processor, the alert data on the mobile device;
receiving, by the processor, a second wireless emergency alert message including a uniform resource locator via a cellular broadcast, wherein the second wireless emergency alert message is received after the first wireless emergency alert message;
determining, by the processor, whether a non-cellular access network is available for the mobile device; and
in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is available,
accessing, by the processor, target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network; and
presenting, by the processor, the target data on the mobile device, wherein the target data is presented after the alert data is displayed; and

in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is not available,
displaying, by the processor, the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a non-selectable format.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining whether the non-cellular access network is available is performed in response to determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert data is displayed on the mobile device with the uniform resource locator in the non-selectable format in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is not available.

5. A mobile device comprising:
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first wireless emergency alert message, wherein the first wireless emergency alert message comprises alert data;
displaying the alert data on the mobile device;
receiving a second wireless emergency alert message including a uniform resource locator via a cellular broadcast, wherein the second wireless emergency alert message is received after the first wireless emergency alert message;
determining whether a non-cellular access network is available for the mobile device; and
in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is available,
accessing target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network; and
presenting the target data on the mobile device, wherein the target data is presented after the alert data is displayed; and

in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is not available,
displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a non-selectable format.

6. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

7. The mobile device of claim 6 , wherein the determining whether the non-cellular access network is available is performed in response to determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first wireless emergency alert message, wherein the first wireless emergency alert message comprises alert data;
displaying the alert data on the mobile device;
receiving a second wireless emergency alert message including a uniform resource locator via a cellular broadcast, wherein the second wireless emergency alert message is received after the first wireless emergency alert message;
determining whether a non-cellular access network is available for the mobile device; and
in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is available,
accessing target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network; and
presenting the target data on the mobile device, wherein the target data is presented after the alert data is displayed; and

in response to determining that the non-cellular access network is not available,
displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a non-selectable format.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium device of claim 8 , wherein the alert data is displayed on the mobile device with the uniform resource locator in the non-selectable format in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is not available.

10. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the alert data is displayed on the mobile device with the uniform resource locator in the non-selectable format in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is not available.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the determining whether the non-cellular access network is available is performed in response to determining that the second wireless emergency alert message includes the uniform resource locator.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is available:
displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a selectable format;
receiving a selection of the uniform resource locator; and
wherein the accessing of the target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network is in response to a receipt of the selection.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in the selectable format comprises displaying the uniform resource locator as at least one of: a hyperlink, a dialog box, a button, or a user interface for requesting a user input.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is available:
displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a selectable format;
receiving a selection of the uniform resource locator; and
wherein the accessing of the target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network is in response to a receipt of the selection.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in the selectable format comprises displaying the uniform resource locator as at least one of: a hyperlink, a dialog box, a button, or a user interface for requesting a user input.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alert data of the first wireless emergency alert message comprises an alphanumeric text.

18. The mobile device of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to the determining that the non-cellular access network is available:
displaying the uniform resource locator on the mobile device in a selectable format;
receiving a selection of the uniform resource locator; and
wherein the accessing of the target data using the uniform resource locator via the non-cellular access network is i

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Sennett Dewayne A
• Daly Brian Kevin
• Musgrove Charles Peter

Classifications

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title

• H04W4/90 Primary

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

• H04W4/22 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic