Method and system for rapid dissemination of public announcements

a technology for public announcements and announcements, applied in the field of dissemination of public announcements, can solve the problems of community reducing the number of people who can be reached, program interruptions may have an immediate impact on information content, and communities are not currently able to disseminate urgent public announcements to persons. , to achieve the effect of rapid dissemination of urgent public announcements

US20080162667A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-03VERMA DINESH CHANDRA +1
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US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
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Publication Date
2008-07-03
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for disseminating urgent public announcements over an IP-based network. One or a plurality of Internet- or Intranet-connected servers receive and store data identifying particular geographic locations to current announcements. The servers identify IP addresses of users making URL requests or requests for target applications (an access point by which a network-connectable mobile device is connected to an Internet- or Intranet-connected server), determine a location for each user from the user's IP address (or access point), and determine whether an IP address (or access point) of a user corresponds to a location for which an announcement has been posted. If the user is identified to a location for which a current announcement is available, the announcement is displayed to the user.The announcement may be displayed by redirecting the user to a web page containing the announcement. Alternatively, the announcement may be displayed in a pop-up window or in a banner on a web page requested by said user. A banner displaying such an announcement may incorporate a link to permit the user to click through to a web page containing a more detailed version of the announcement.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention generally relates to the dissemination of public announcements and, more particularly, to the rapid dissemination of urgent public announcements using client computers connected to a network, including an Internet Protocol-based network such as the Internet or a private Intranet.

[0003] 2. Background Description

[0004] The Emergency Broadcast System is a well-established means for rapid dissemination of urgent public announcements by interrupting regularly scheduled programming on traditional broadcast communications media such as radio and television. Traditional broadcast communications media are well suited for the rapid dissemination of urgent public announcements because the systems employed by such media are characterized by a large number of user terminals (such as radios or television sets) in a concentrated geographic area, which are configured to receive a continuous stream of a relatively li...

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[0039]Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1, there is shown a user 11 employing a user terminal to access a web site on an Internet-connected server 12 which has received and stored an alert table 13 provided by an Internet Emergency Alert System (IEAS) server 14, which identifies current public announcements and particular geographic locations to which they relate. In step 100, the Internet Emergency Alert System Server 14 updates and maintains the information stored in the alert table 13. When the user 11 access the Internet-connected server 12 in step 101, the Internet-connected server 12 provides an appropriate alert in step 102. The alert provided in step 102 is based on the data in the alert table 13. FIG. 1 provides an overview of the overall operation of the system.

[0040]Referring to FIG. 2, a user makes a request to a target web site in step 21. The target web site then consults an IEAS server in step 22. The IEAS server has previously received aler...