Patent ID: 7995998

Claim:
A wireless device for receiving an incoming call, the wireless device comprising: a first receiver configured to receive telephone calls; a second receiver, different than the first receiver, the second receiver configured to receive an emergency alert broadcast; and a microcontroller in communication with the first and second receivers, the microcontroller configured to be a common processor resource for the first and second receivers of the wireless device, by: determining whether an emergency alert broadcast is being received at the second receiver, determining whether to provide a notification of the emergency alert broadcast based on user-defined emergency alert preferences, the user-defined emergency alert preferences comprising one or more emergency alert types, storing code information received from the emergency alert broadcast, presenting an option to suspend a call in progress; providing a periodic reminder of the emergency alert broadcast upon receipt of a first manual selection to decline to suspend the call in progress, the periodic reminder comprising information regarding an emergency associated with the emergency alert broadcast, the periodic reminder being continually provided at a predetermined time interval until an expiration date and time of the emergency, and the predetermined time interval comprising a user-specified time interval between reminders of the emergency alert; and suspending the call in progress and providing the emergency alert notification based on the coded information upon receipt of a second manual selection to suspend the call in progress.