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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
James T. Johnson, Norman, OK (US);
Mark Taylor, Marietta, GA (US);
William Todd Daniell, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Michael D. Eilts, Norman, OK (US);
Sheetal Wrzesien, Smyrna, GA (US);
Charles Barrere, Norman, OK (US);
James T. Johnson, Norman, OK (US);
Mark Taylor, Marietta, GA (US);
William Todd Daniell, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Michael D. Eilts, Norman, OK (US);
Sheetal Wrzesien, Smyrna, GA (US);
Charles Barrere, Norman, OK (US);
Weather Decision Technologies, Norman, OK (US);
Abstract
Alert information is provided to a user of a device. In response to receiving an alert notification, a current location of the device is determined and converted to a device geographical tile that encompasses the determined current location; alert data received about the alert are processed and stored in an alert database if it is determined that a device tile code of the device geographical tile matches any alert geographical tiles that define the alert; a database query of the alert database is performed to identify alerts having one or more alert geographical tile codes that match the device tile code that have not been presented to a user of the device; and the user of the device is notified via the user interface of the device of the identified alerts and the user is prompted to view the identified one or more alerts via the user interface of the device.