Wireless Alert Request Engine Prioritization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wireless communication systems face overload and desensitization issues due to numerous non-imminent threat alerts, which can hinder the timely transmission of urgent messages during imminent threat incidents.
Innovation Solution
A request engine prioritizes wireless emergency alerts using rule-based policies, considering the requesting agency, incident type, broadcast area, and historical data to avoid overwhelming the system and ensure timely transmission of critical alerts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If numerous non-imminent threat alerts are transmitted to the public, then information dissemination is improved, but system overload and public desensitization occur, reducing the reliability of critical alert transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments alert transmission by creating separate channels for imminent threat alerts and non-imminent threat alerts. The system divides alert processing into distinct priority levels, with imminent threats receiving immediate transmission and non-imminent threats being filtered or delayed, preventing system overload while maintaining information dissemination.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary filtering mechanism that sits between alert generation and public notification. This intermediary layer evaluates incoming alerts, determines their priority level, and selectively transmits them to appropriate channels, preventing non-critical alerts from overwhelming the critical alert transmission system.
2Loss of information
If all geographic mass messaging requests are transmitted without filtering, then completeness of information is improved, but system resource availability deteriorates due to overload
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts non-critical alert requests from the main transmission stream and routes them through a separate filtering process. By taking out low-priority requests before they enter the main alert transmission system, the patent prevents resource exhaustion while preserving the ability to transmit complete information when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of alert transmission by introducing priority levels and time-based filtering. Non-imminent threat alerts are subjected to different transmission parameters (delayed or filtered) compared to imminent threats, optimizing system resource usage while maintaining information completeness for critical events.
3Loss of information
If public alerting systems transmit frequent non-emergency alerts, then public awareness is improved, but alert effectiveness deteriorates due to desensitization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by transmitting non-imminent threat alerts at controlled intervals rather than continuously. The system uses time-based filtering to space out non-critical alerts, preventing public desensitization while maintaining awareness through regular, manageable information flow.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for transmitting near real-time geographic mass messaging requests. One example method includes receiving a geographic mass messaging request via a transceiver, the geographic mass messaging request including a message, a geographic reference, and a requesting agency identifier, and having at least one request characteristic. The method includes assigning, with an electronic processor, a priority to the geographic mass messaging request based on an electronically stored alerting authority policy and at least one selected from the group consisting of the requesting agency identifier, the geographic reference, and the at least one request characteristic. The method includes, responsive to determining that the priority does not meet a priority threshold, transmitting one of a request denied message and a request modification proposal via the transceiver to the requesting agency.