Patent ID: 8175513

Claim:
A broadcast communication system, comprising: a plurality of broadcast receivers; and a broadcast communication transmitter configured to: receive information and an indication of a geographical area associated with the information; translate the indication of the geographical area from a first geographical format into a second geographical format such that the indication of the geographical area can be compared with a geographical code associated with, and stored within, each of the plurality of broadcast receivers; and transmit the information and the translated indication of the geographical area to the plurality of broadcast communication receivers; wherein each of the plurality of broadcast receivers are configured to: receive the information and the translated indication of the geographic area from the broadcast communication transmitter; compare the translated indication of the geographical area with the geographic code stored within the respective broadcast communication receiver; and provide at least one alert to a user of the respective broadcast communication receiver if the geographic area is located on a travel vector of the respective broadcast communication receiver indicated by the geographical code stored within the respective broadcast communication receiver.