Method of transmitting, receiving, recording, playing and displaying weather radio

摘要

A receiver may receive alerts from a radio-broadcast following a tone or other indication preceding each alert, for example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) broadcasted weather alerts. Received alerts may be recorded and stored for future playback to an end user, and the receiver may indicate to the user that an alert has been stored, varying the type of indication according to the type of alert stored. The receiver may record alerts specific to one or more zip codes, geographic regions, Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, Federal Information Processes Standards (FIPS) codes, Specific Area Messaging Encoding (SAME) profiles, or other user location data. The user may then select locations and type of alerts to be replayed. Additionally, the receiver may be used in conjunction with other co-located devices to provide information to an end user through a variety of methods and devices.

主权项

1. 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.