An emergency alert system, method device are disclosed. The invention employs an emergency alert message, which directs end users to take some particular action like evacuating an identified geographic area. The invention further employs a geographic area message, which is based on a particular geographic area within which all persons should receive the emergency alert message. The invention utilizes an emergency alert enabled device that receives both the emergency alert message and the geographic area message. The emergency alert enabled device determines whether it is located within the geographic area of concern, and if so, presents the emergency alert message to the end user.

Systems and methods for directing an alert to responders are provided. Upon activation of an alert application on a user device, an options screen is displayed to a user. The user can select a report option, and a screen is displayed for the user to enter information into one or more required and optional fields regarding a threat or a risk event. Once the system determines that the required fields have been filled, the system automatically composes a customized alert message based on the received information, automatically determines appropriate responders to notify. The customized alert message is transmitted to the determined responders, and acknowledgement messages are received from the responders.

A method of communicating an emergency alert includes receiving, by a central content controller (CCC), audiovisual (AV) content from a plurality of sources, encoding the content, transmitting the encoded content to regional controllers (RCs) associated with respective market areas (MAs) for broadcasting over the air (OTA), determining existence of one or more alerts, for each existing alert, identifying recipients designated for receiving the alert and transmitting the alert to devices associated with the identified recipients over a network.

Systems and methods for outdoor evacuation guidance using an UAV are provided. Some methods can include a UAV receiving a signal from a central station device, and responsive to the signal, the UAV flying over an outdoor environment while emitting one or more messages to direct humans within the outdoor environment to evacuate the outdoor environment.

A method adapted to provide alert signals to individuals or institutions and/or control signals to utilities control units to automatically stop the flow of gas, water, electricity, oil, etc., such signals being delivered in response to the detection of seismic events, the detection occurring via ground-based monitoring systems and/or satellite-based monitoring systems. The alert and/or control signals are distributed through various broadcasting systems or similar channels of communication, such as radio frequency transmitters, Internet service providers, cell phone wireless carriers, satellite phone service providers and/or security monitoring service providers, to individuals and/or facilities through smartphones, landline telephones, tablets, PC's, voice-controlled web communication devices or the like and/or to signal receivers on utilities control units.

A system adapted to provide alert signals to individuals or institutions and/or control signals to utilities control units to automatically stop the flow of gas, water, electricity, oil, etc., such signals being delivered in response to the detection of seismic events, the detection occurring via ground-based monitoring systems and/or satellite-based monitoring systems. The alert and/or control signals are distributed through various broadcasting systems or similar channels of communication, such as radio frequency transmitters, Internet service providers, cell phone wireless carriers, satellite phone service providers and/or security monitoring service providers, to individuals and/or facilities through smartphones, landline telephones, tablets, PC's, voice-controlled web communication devices or the like and/or to signal receivers on utilities control units.

A system to convey user alert messages is disclosed. The system may have a alert service coupled between alert providers and a number of households. After receiving in the alert service an alert message from an alert provider, the alert service may alter the alert message to identify the household designated to receive the alert message. The alert service sends a notification to a home media system within the household designated to receive the alert message.

Provided is an image forming apparatus that perform notification of disaster prevention information in an appropriate notification mode. An MFP (100) functioning as the image forming apparatus includes a radio reception unit (202) configured to receive the disaster prevention information including information indicating an importance level of a content from a transmitting station (600), a printing unit (205) configured to perform image formation on a predetermined sheet, and a UI unit (206) configured to perform notification of the disaster prevention information. The MFP (100) recognizes the importance level of the disaster prevention information received by the radio reception unit (202) and causes the UI unit (206) to perform the notification of the disaster prevention information in a notification mode in accordance with the recognized importance level. The MFP (100) also causes the printing unit (205) to print and output a predetermined image in accordance with the recognized importance level.

A device is provided for use with a wireless local area network communication device and with a video display. The device includes a receiver, an image decoder, an emergency alert system (EAS) decoder, an output port, a warning generator and a LAN transceiver. The receiver receives input data including image data and EAS data. The image decoder decodes the image data into image display data. The EAS decoder decodes the EAS data into emergency alert data. The output port outputs the image display data to the video display to display a video image. The warning generator generates a warning signal based on the emergency alert data. The LAN transceiver transmits a warning transmission to the wireless local area network communication device over a local area network so as to modify operation of the wireless local area network communication device, wherein the warning transmission is based on the warning signal.

A method for operating a consumer communication device is described including receiving content from a service provider, determining if the received content is an emergency alert system notification and communicating the emergency alert system notification to a communication device, if the received content is the emergency alert system notification. Further described is a method for operating an enhanced detection device including receiving an emergency alert system notification, determining if the emergency alert system notification is communicated best by means of sounding an alarm or by means of vocalizing the emergency alert system notification and communicating the emergency alert system notification through a protected structure by means of initiating an alarm or by means of verbalizing the emergency alert system notification.