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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Umesh Shukla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Sunny Arora, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Mohan Rao Thota, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/007 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 76/046 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, station and corresponding methods for providing warning notifications. In one exemplary method, it is determined whether any of a plurality of stations to which a Warning Notification is to transmitted is in a connected state. When it is determined that a first one of the stations is in a connected state, generating, by a broadcaster, a secondary Warning Notification formatted for transmission over a dedicated control channel (DCCH) and transmitting, by the broadcaster, the secondary Warning Notification to the first station over the DCCH. In another exemplary embodiment, a station for receiving emergency notifications is described. The station includes a receiver configured to receive a primary Warning Notification; and a processor which, upon receiving the emergency alert configuration in a format of one of a Paging Type 2 message and an SICI message, despreads a plurality of fingers.


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