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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2012
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Gregory D. Schumacher, Holliston, MA (US);

John W. Davis, Kansas City, MO (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

After receiving an alert for distribution in a target geographic area, a wireless carrier network may identify a first set of one or more coverage areas that are entirely encompassed within the target geographic area and a second set of one or more coverage areas that are only partially encompassed within the target geographic area. In the first coverage-area set, the wireless carrier network may then broadcast the alert in a manner that directs a recipient device to output the alert regardless of the device's location. And in the second coverage-area set, the wireless carrier network may broadcast the alert in a manner that directs a recipient device to output the alert only if the device's location is encompassed within the target geographic area.


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