Patent ID: 8787221

Claim:
A method of receiving and recording radio-broadcasted alerts, the method comprising: monitoring a radio broadcast; detecting an indication on the radio broadcast and identifying the indication as an indication preceding one or more alerts; receiving the one or more alerts following the indication, wherein a first alert of the one or more alerts comprises a first set of GPS coordinates; determining a first alert type of the first alert; determining a second set of GPS coordinates corresponding to the location of a local GPS module; receiving a user selection of one or more desired alert types; comparing the first and second sets of GPS coordinates; comparing the first alert type of the first alert to the one or more user-selected alert types; storing the first alert in a memory based on (1) the comparison of the first and second sets of GPS coordinates, and (2) the comparison of the first alert type of the first alert to the one or more user-selected alert types; and replaying the first stored alert according to user-inputted instructions received via a user interface.