Patent ID: 8422987

Claim:
A method for augmenting emergency alert messages with additional emergency information, the method comprising: determining, by an augmenting notification system, that an emergency alert message has been sent to at least one wireless device in a given area; analyzing, by the augmenting notification system, the emergency alert message to determine a type of emergency associated with the emergency alert message; generating, by the augmenting notification system, an augmented emergency alert message, based at least in part on the type of emergency and logistics of the given area, comprising the additional emergency information including directional prompts indicating a direction to follow towards an exit; transmitting, by the augmenting notification system, the message that has been generated to the at least one wireless device; instructing, by the augmenting notification system, the at least one wireless device to monitor transmissions from at least one emergency beacon generating device by a set of signals that provide a set of varying feedback to the at least one wireless device based on a current location of the at least one wireless device; wherein the set of varying feedback comprises at least one of: flashing lights at the at least one wireless device; changing text at the at least one wireless device; audio prompts at the at least one wireless device; and tactile prompts at the at least one wireless device.