Patent ID: 7725256
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G01W,G08B

Abstract:
1. A portable alert system for receiving emergency event data, the portable alert system comprising: a radio receiver for receiving emergency event data; a global positioning system receiver for determining a location of the portable alert system; a satellite receiver for receiving digital data; a computer processor disposed within the portable alert system; and control software utilized by the computer processor for processing the emergency event data and an input from the global positioning system to provide an output to a display indicating a position of the portable alert system and a position of an emergency, wherein the computer processor further utilizes the control software to process the input from the global positioning system receiver to automatically program the radio receiver to receive only an emergency data broadcast data signal associated with the location of the portable alert system, and wherein the computer processor further utilizes the control software to simultaneously process the emergency event data from the radio receiver and the digital data from the satellite receiver.