Patent ID: 8849359

Claim:
A mobile alert and notification device, comprising: a first receiver that is configured to receive a first emergency signal via a first communication path selected from the group consisting of an NOAA frequency band, an EAS frequency band, an UHF frequency band, and VHF frequency band, a cellular communication frequency band, a high-speed digital transmission system, and a microwave frequency band, and wherein the first communication path has a first plurality of channels and is accessible within a plurality of jurisdictions; a second receiver that is configured to receive a second emergency signal via a second communication path selected from the group consisting of a high-speed digital transmission system and a cellular communication frequency band, wherein the second communication path has a second plurality of channels and is accessible in at least one of the plurality of jurisdictions; wherein in each of the at least one jurisdictions each channel of the second plurality of channels has a predetermined priority rank relative to the first plurality of channels; a third receiver that is configured to receive a position signal; a control unit that is configured to (a) correlate the position signal with position of the device within one jurisdiction of the plurality of jurisdictions, (b) identify the priority rank of each channel of the second plurality of channels in the one jurisdiction, and (c) control output of the first or second emergency signal to an output device based on the priority rank; wherein the device is configured to allow prioritization of the first and second emergency signals without user intervention based on the position signal.