Patent ID: 9386436
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method at a cell broadcast center comprising: receiving information related to an alert message for distribution to at least one user equipment; determining an alert category from among a plurality of categories associated with one or more technology networks for the alert message; assigning a unique message number for the determined alert category, from a plurality of message numbers based on a number of alert messages previously forwarded for the determined alert category; forwarding the alert message comprising the assigned message number and an alert category indicator associated with the determined category from the cell broadcast center to at least one user equipment via the one or more technology networks, and using the same plurality of message numbers to assign a message number to each alert message within a next message category among the plurality of alert message categories, further comprising mapping the received information to the plurality of alert categories, the alert categories comprising at least one of presidential, extreme, severe, amber, test and commercial.