Patent ID: 8073427
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for alerting a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving an alert request message from an invoking party at a network node; parsing the alert request message for request data; determining a type of alert being indicated by the request data; and, in response to the determined type of alert, providing an alert performance message corresponding to the determined type to the wireless device, causing the wireless device using the alert performance message to execute an application on the wireless device to indicate to a subject that the wireless device has been lost or stolen, upon executing the application, displaying a visible alert on the screen of the wireless device and emitting an audible message from the wireless device, wherein displaying the visible alert by flashing a visible alert on a screen of the wireless device indicating the wireless device is lost or stolen, and emitting the audible message by audibly stating in a verbal message that the wireless device is lost or stolen, wherein emitting the audible message further comprises receiving the audible message at the wireless device from the network node after the alert performance message, and delivering the audible message to the wireless device in the form of one of a recorded audio file and a text message, and converting the text message to the audible message using a text-to speech translation of the text message.