Abstract: An efficient method and system for utilizing existing wireless communication devices and networks, such as cellular phones and carriers, as an underlying infrastructure in providing emergency information to a targeted percentage of the population in a specified geographical location, without requiring individuals to subscribe to an alerting service and without using information solicited from or provided by the intended recipients of the alert.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 19, 2009
Publication date:
February 18, 2010
Applicant:
RGA INTL, INC
Inventors:
Donald J. VELLA, Jeffrey N. Ream, Gail F. Stradley, William W. Watts, James T. Digiovanni
Abstract: An efficient method and system for utilizing existing wireless communication devices and networks, such as cellular phones and carriers, as an underlying infrastructure in providing emergency information to a targeted percentage of the population in a specified geographical location, without requiring individuals to subscribe to an alerting service and without using information solicited from or provided by the intended recipients of the alert.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2003
Date of Patent:
November 10, 2009
Assignee:
RGA Intl, Inc.
Inventors:
Donald J. Vella, Jeffery N. Ream, Gail F. Stradley, William W. Watts, James T. DiGiovanni
Abstract: An efficient method and system for utilizing existing wireless communication devices and networks, such as cellular phones and carriers, as an underlying infrastructure in providing emergency information to a targeted percentage of the population in a specified geographical location, without requiring individuals to subscribe to an alerting service and without using information solicited from or provided by the intended recipients of the alert.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 17, 2003
Publication date:
May 27, 2004
Applicant:
RGA Intl, Inc.
Inventors:
Donald J. Vella, Jeffery N. Ream, Gail F. Stradley, William W. Watts, James T. DiGiovanni