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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Anthony J. Dolezal, Barrington, IL (US);
Gerald J. Gutowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Anthony J. Dolezal, Barrington, IL (US);
Gerald J. Gutowski, Glenview, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method () and an apparatus () for a communication device for conveying information contained in an emergency broadcast message to an external device () are provided. The communication device () monitors () incoming broadcast messages in at least one of a broadcast mode and a multicast mode of a Multimedia Broadcast and Multimedia Service, and determines () whether the incoming broadcast messages include the emergency broadcast message. If the emergency broadcast message is included, then the communication device () receives () the emergency broadcast message, transmits () an acknowledgment of receiving the emergency broadcast message, and transmits () the information () contained in the emergency broadcast message to the external device ().