Patent ID: 7962163
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: H04B,H04H,H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A broadcast receiving system for receiving a broadcast, comprising: a broadcast station for sending out a first broadcast notice for notifying that predefined contents will be broadcasted; a relay apparatus for monitoring the first broadcast notice sent out from the broadcast station, and sending a second broadcast notice for notifying that the broadcast station has sent out the first broadcast notice; and at least one mobile basestation located within a broadcast coverage of the broadcast station for receiving the second broadcast notice, and transmitting a third broadcast notice for notifying mobile stations located within a mobile coverage of the mobile basestation that the broadcast station has sent out the first broadcast notice; at least one mobile station having a broadcast receiving unit, normally powered off, which can receive predefined contents broadcasted from the broadcast station, and a broadcast notice receiving unit which receives the third broadcast notice from the mobile basestation, wherein, when the third broadcast notice is received, the broadcast notice receiving unit turns on electric power to the broadcast receiving unit so that the broadcast receiving unit can receive the predefined contents from the broadcast station, wherein the relay apparatus selectively sends the second broadcast notice to the mobile basestation in accordance with the contents of the first broadcast notice, wherein the first broadcast notice includes information of an emergency location which indicates a place where the emergency has occurred; and wherein the relay apparatus sends the second broadcast notice selectively to the mobile basestation in accordance with the emergency location.