Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Motorola Corporation

Li-Xin Zhen

Andrew J Aftelak

Changxue Ma

John Richard Kane

Farideh Gozleveli

Wei Lin

Feng-Jun Guo

Rong-Kui He

Hong Rao

Andrew Aftelak

A method and wireless device augment and manage, respectively, emergency alert messages with additional emergency information. An emergency alert message is determined to have been sent () to one or more wireless devices () in a given area. The emergency alert message is analyzed () to determine a type of emergency associated with the emergency alert message. Optionally, a current location of at least one wireless device () within the given area is determined. A message is generated (), based at least in part on the type of emergency and logistics of the given area, including additional emergency information for augmenting the emergency alert message. The message that has been generated is transmitted to the at least one wireless device (). This message is, optionally, adjusted based on the location of the device and the logistics of the given area.

Prompting and directing users to safety during emergency situations

A method and information processing system transmit emergency alert system messages to wireless devices. An EAS alert message () is transmitted to at least one wireless device () using one or more access channels () associated with a coverage area. An acknowledgement message () is received from the wireless device (). The acknowledgement message () includes at least one of a location associated with the wireless device () and an identifier associated with each access channel over which the wireless device () received the EAS alert message (). At least one of a first set of information indicating locations within the coverage area that have successfully received the EAS alert message () and a second set of information indicating which access channels have successfully transmitted the EAS alert message () to the wireless devices () within the coverage area are stored based on receiving the acknowledgement message.

Determining wireless system availability using emergency alert system messaging

A portable electronic communication device, designed for voice and data communication is utilized as a peripheral input device for transmitting/providing character inputs, entered in the first device's touch input mechanism, to a second electronic device. The first device has a mode switching utility that switches the first device between a first standard communication mode and a second peripheral input device mode. When the first device is in the second peripheral input device mode, the first device operates as a peripheral input device for the second device. A character input recognition utility executes on the first device to provide the functions of: detecting an input on the touch screen input mechanism; generating an electronic representation of the input; establishing a communication link between the second communication transmitter and an identified second device; and forwarding the electronic representation of the character input to the communication transmitter for transmission to the identified second device.

System and method for enabling a mobile device as a portable character input peripheral device

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