Patent ID: 8200183

Claim:
A method with a wireless communication system for transmitting emergency alert system messages to wireless devices, the method comprising: receiving an emergency alert system alert message for delivery to one or more wireless devices in a coverage area of a wireless communication system; transmitting the emergency alert system alert message to the one or more wireless devices using one or more access channels associated with the coverage area; receiving an acknowledgement message from at least one of the one or more wireless devices comprising an identifier associated with each access channel in the one or more access channels over which the wireless device received the emergency alert system alert message; and storing, based on receiving the acknowledgement message, a set of information indicating which access channel in the one or more access channels has successfully transmitted the emergency alert system alert message to the at least one wireless device within the coverage area; determining at least one access channel in the one or more access channels that has failed to successfully deliver the emergency alert system alert message; generating a representation of a map of the coverage area; and displaying visual indicators in the representation of a map indicating the at least one access channel in the one or more access channels that has failed to successfully deliver the emergency alert system alert message.