Patent ID: 7693938

Claim:
A message broadcasting system providing a broadcast message to a broadcast target area, the system comprising: a broadcast request interface configured for receiving a broadcast message record having a broadcast message, a defined broadcast target area, and a broadcast message originator identifier; a broadcast admission control module configured for receiving the broadcast message record, validating the broadcast message record as a function one or more of the broadcast message originator identifier, the broadcast target area, and a broadcast message transmission network parameter associated with a broadcast transmission network adapted for broadcasting the message to at least a portion of the broadcast target area, said broadcast admission control module configured for generating a validated broadcast message record as a function of the validating; and a broadcast message distributor module configured for receiving the validated broadcast message record and transmitting the broadcast message and the broadcast target area, or a part thereof, to an output interface configured for distributing the broadcast message to at least a portion of the broadcast target area.