EP1209886A2
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System, controller and method for alerting mobile subsribers about emergency situations
Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing Inc
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Filing: 2001-11-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2021-11-19
Abstract
Abstract A system (100), controller (104) and method (400) are described that can effectively alert a mobile subscriber (112) about an emergency situation including, for example, a weather alert, a hostage situation or a hazardous material leak. In particular, the system (100) includes an emergency warning system (102) capable of generating information (120) identifying a geographic area (108) in which there is an emergency situation. The system (100) also includes a controller (104) capable of receiving the information (120) identifying the troubled geographic area (108) and is further capable of requesting and receiving from a wireless communications network (106) a list (134) of the mobile subscribers (112) currently located within the troubled geographic area (108). Thereafter, the controller (104) is capable of initiating an emergency notification message (114) that is sent to at least one of the mobile subscribers (112). The emergency notification message (114) can be in the form of a page (412c), a voice message (412a) or a short text message (412b).
Inventors
- 👤 Gilman R. Stevens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 08:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W4/14; G; G08; G08B; G08B27/00; G08B27/006; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/50; H04M3/53; H04M3/533; H04M3/53366; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/022; H04M11/00; H04M11/04; H04M2203/00; H04M2203/10; H04M2203/1091; H04M2203/20; H04M2203/205; H04M2207/00; H04M2207/18; H04M2242/00; H04M2242/04; H04M2242/14; H04M2242/15; H04M2242/30; H04M3/42136; H04M3/42153; H04M3/46; H04M3/487; H04M3/5322; H04W4/06; H04W4/08; H04W4/90; H04W76/00; H04W76/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A system (100) comprising: a wireless communications network (106); an emergency warning system (102) capable of
generating information (120) identifying a geographic
area (108) in which there is an emergency situation; a controller (104) capable of receiving the
information identifying the geographic area and
further capable of requesting and receiving a list
(134) of mobile subscribers (112) located within the
geographic area from said wireless communications
network, wherein said controller is also capable of
initiating an emergency notification message (114)
that is sent to at least one of the mobile
subscribers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller is capable of directing a short message
service (107'') to send the emergency notification
message towards the at least one of the mobile
subscribers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller is capable of directing an interactive
voice response system (131', 131'') to send the
emergency notification message towards the at least
one of the mobile subscribers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller is capable of directing a paging service to
send the emergency notification message towards the at
least one of the mobile subscribers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller further includes a location based server
(122', 122'') capable of receiving the information
identifying the geographic area and further capable of
requesting and receiving the list of mobile
subscribers located within the geographic area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller further includes a subscriber profile
(124', 124'') capable of directing how to send the
emergency notification message to each of the at least
one of the mobile subscribers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller further includes a subscriber profile
(124', 124'') that depending of the type of emergency
situation is capable of directing how to alert each
mobile subscriber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller further includes a subscriber profile
(124', 124'') capable of directing how to alert at
least one traveling mobile subscriber about the
emergency situation even though the at least one
traveling mobile subscriber is not located within the
geographic area experiencing the emergency situation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
emergency notification message includes information
(118) describing the emergency situation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
emergency situation includes a severe weather
condition, a hostage situation or a hazardous material
leak.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
geographic information further includes geographical
coordinates on a map.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of Claim 1, wherein said
controller is incorporated within a service control
point (126', 126'').
Claim 13
Independent Claim
92 words
A method (400) for alerting a mobile
subscriber (112) about an emergency situation in a
specific geographic area (108), said method comprising
the steps of: receiving (402) information describing the
emergency situation; receiving (404) information identifying the
geographic area in which there is the emergency
situation; receiving (408) a list identifying the mobile
subscribers currently located within the geographic
area experiencing the emergency situation; and sending (416) an emergency notification message
(114) containing at least a portion of the information
about the emergency situation to at least one of the
mobile subscribers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of Claim 13, further comprising
the step of determining (412) in what form the
emergency notification message is to be sent to each
of the at least one of the mobile subscribers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of Claim 13, further comprising
the step of determining (410) whether or not to send
the emergency notification message to at least one of
the mobile subscribers in view of the type of
emergency situation.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of Claim 13, further comprising
the step of sending (414) an emergency notification
message to at least one traveling mobile subscriber
currently located outside the geographic area
experiencing the emergency situation.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of Claim 13, wherein said
emergency notification message is a short text message
(412b).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of Claim 13, wherein said
emergency notification message is a voice message
(412a).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of Claim 13, wherein said
emergency notification message is a page (412c).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of Claim 13, wherein said
emergency notification message includes information
(118) describing what safety precautions should be
taken in view of the particular type of emergency
situation.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of Claim 13, wherein said
emergency situation includes a severe public safety
condition.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
100 words
A controller (104) comprising: a location based server (122', 122'') capable of
interacting with an emergency warning system (102) to
receive information (118) about an emergency situation
and to receive information (120) about a geographic
area experiencing the emergency situation; said location based server is also capable of
interacting with a wireless communications network
(106) to receive a list (134) of mobile subscribers
(112) currently located within the geographic area
experiencing the emergency situation; and said location based server is further capable of
directing that an emergency notification message (114)
be sent to at least one of the mobile subscribers.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
The controller of Claim 22, further
comprising a subscriber profile (124', 124'') capable
of directing how to send the emergency notification
message to each of the at least one of the mobile
subscribers.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
36 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
subscriber profile is further capable of determining
whether or not to send the emergency notification
message to one of the mobile subscribers depending on
the type of emergency situation.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
38 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
subscriber profile is further capable of directing
that an emergency notification message be sent to at
least one traveling mobile subscriber currently
located outside the geographic area experiencing the
emergency situation.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
emergency notification message is a short text message
(412b), a voice message (412a) or a page (412c).
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
26 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
emergency situation includes a severe weather
condition and said emergency notification message
includes information about the severe weather
condition.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
26 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
emergency situation includes a hazardous material leak
and said emergency notification message includes
information about the hazardous material leak.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
24 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
emergency situation includes a hostage situation and
said emergency notification message includes
information about the hostage situation.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
The controller of Claim 22, wherein said
controller is incorporated with a service control
point (126', 126'') in an intelligent network (128',
128'').
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