METHODS FOR INCREASING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS BROADCAST MESSAGING

摘要

Methods and systems that can increase information communicated in a character- limited message and enhance geotargeting of the message. Various methods and approaches for re-encoding a message using a native encoding alphabet are disclosed that when implemented increase information in the message; and for including information related to a geotargeted area in the message that when implemented enhance geotargeting. In the case of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the invention can provide one or more of the following advantages: a) enhance the public response by increasing their understanding of the emergency based on longer alert messages and auxiliary information such as visual cues, and b) increase the value of WEA to the public by enhancing the geotargeting of WEA messages.