FM-based emergency alert systems and methods are very reliable, intrude only minimally on program material, leave battery life unchanged, and do not add to the cost of embedding FM reception in portable electronic devices such as cellular handsets. For compatibility with intermittently operating, low...
A new cell phone emergency alert system has been announced and will be launched in Washington DC and New York City towards the end of the year. This is according to an article on BBC News US & Canada. The system is reminiscent of the television emergency broadcasting system and will allow...
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- The City of Boulder announced on Monday that it has launched a new emergency alert system. The new system will allow police and fire departments to send alerts and warnings to the public via cellphones. The alerts will appear with sounds and text, similar to AMBER ...
Disclosed herein is an alerting/warning apparatus and method associated with a particular cell telephone alerts an individual when said owner of the cell phone is separated by a defined distance from their cell phone. Cell phones are becoming smaller and hence, are being lost more often. The sol...
The Amber Alert program in the United States utilizes cell phone alerts to disseminate information about recent child kidnappings. If a child is abducted, local law enforcement officials may broadcast critical information about the child and his or her abductor through this type of system. Individual...
Cell phone alerts, also called Short Message Service (SMS) alerts, utilize text messaging technology to alert individuals to a variety of time-sensitive information. The types of alerts available vary depending on the program, but most of them involve emergency notifications, such as severe weather...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - This fall, every consumer cell phone will be a part of a nationwide emergency alert test. FEMA and the FCC have scheduled the drill for Oct. 4, 2023, at 2:20 pm Eastern time. You can expect your cellphone to receive an alert that reads: "This is a test...
If you hear your phone go off on Wednesday (Nov. 25) afternoon, or see a strange notification pop up, don’t worry – it’s all part of an emergency alert system test. The alert is part of a twice yearly test of the national Alert Ready system which was launched ...
Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert(警报)system using text messages delivered to cell phones. Text messages have exploded in popularity in rec
Cell Phone Usage While Driving Avoidance with GSM-RF Based Accident Emergency Alert System The significant rise in use of cellular phone leads to increase in road accidents due to use of cell phone while driving, still no research has been carried out to find the number of drivers using cell...