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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Application Seiial No.
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`13/311,448, filed December 5, 2011, which is now U.S. Patent No. 8,438,221; which was
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`a continuation of U.S. Application Serial No. 12/559,405, filed September 14, 2009,
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`which is now U.S. Patent No. 8,073,903; which was a continuation of U.S. Application
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`Serial. No. 11/057,704, filed February 14, 2005, which is now U.S. Patent No. 7,752,259
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`(issued on July 6, 2010); which was based on Provisional U.S. Application Serial No.
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`60/544,739, filed Febrnary 13, 2004, the entiJe disclosures of which are incorporated
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`FIELD
`[0002] The present disclosure relates to message broadcast systems and in
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`particular location-specific message broadcasting aggregator and gateways.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0003] With the events of 9/11, there has been increased concern with the ability
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`of present systems for providing public service broadcasting of messages and warnings to
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`the public. Existing public service warning systems are antiquated and provide only
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`limited access to the public who may be in need of knowing of potential emergencies or
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`danger. Additionally, existing systems do not provide for location-based notification or
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`broadcasting.
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`[0004] As such, there is a need for an improved method and system for providing
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`timely information to the public related to potential hazards affecting them. One
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`suggested solution is the utilization of the subscription-based Short Message Service
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`(SMS) messaging capability for mass messaging using mobile telephones and compatible
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`and experience with such systems has been di sappointing due to significant delays in the
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`delivery of SMS messages and negative impacts to the networks due to congestion.
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`[0005] Sho1t Message Service (SMS) is only offered or available on a limited
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`basis. This is due to the limited technical and network support for the service and is also
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`due to the service being offered by Mobile Service Providers and wireless network
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`providers on a subsc1iption basis. As such, use of the SMS service capability for
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`emergency broadcasting is very limited.
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`[0006] Additionally, the use of SMS technology for broadcasting requires
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`en01mous network infrastructure utilization. A telecommunication system can suffer
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`channels as are used for the SMS service. To send an SMS message, network
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`processing procedures have to be repeated for each and every message, one by one, for
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`network resources for broadcasting SMS messages is the same as having thousands of
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`phone users attempt to initiate a voice call at the same time. Telecommunication
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`[0007] When an SMS message is transmitted, the SMS message is signaled to an
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`SMS center of the telecommunication service provider. The SMS center acknowledges
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`each and every requested SMS message individually and attempts to deliver the SMS
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`message through an interrogation of the Home Location Register (HLR) of the
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`The HLR is queried using the telecommunication signaling network.
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`[0008] If an intended user is located or attached to a switch in the
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`over the telecommunications signaling network to set up the SMS message call. That
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`servi ng network switch of the mobi1e carrier initiates a query or message attempt to every
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`cell in the location area where the intended user's mobi1e unit was last known to be
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`operating. If the intended recipient is located in the particular ce11 area, the mobile unit is
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`paged. As such, potentially thousands of cells are queried in order to determine the
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`presence of an intended mobile unit. Each queried cell requires paging and calling
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`capacity resources for each mobile unit which is attempted to be paged. In some cases, if
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`the mobile unit does not reply, the whole Mobile Service Carrier (MSC) area is paged
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`which in many instances requires the paging of several thousands of cells.
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`[0009] When the mobile unit replies by sending an access burst to the cell
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`transceiver currently serving the mobile unit, the cell site allocates a stand-alone
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`dedicated control channel (SDCCH) to perform SMS call set up with the mobile unit.
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`Next, a cipher key is sent by the Home Location Register (HLR)/Authentication Center
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`(AUC) to the mobile unit, assuming that the mobile unit had previously activated the
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`ciphe1ing of the channel. Once the cipher key is successfully received and
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`acknowledged, the SMS message is sent over the control channel to the mobile unit. The
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`SMS message transmission utilizes about 5 seconds of control channel time per SMS
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`message.
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`[0010] If, however, the intended recipient is not located in the home servi ng area
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`of the HLR, then signaling message is sent to the servi ng mobile network's Visitor
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`Location Register (VLR). The VLR registers and tracks mobile unit users who are
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`outside of their home location. In that case, the VLR is queded via the signaling network
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`to verify that the user is cuITently attached to the remote switch.
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`[0011] Each SMS message is a nairnw-cast message in that each message is
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`generated and transmitted via the SMS Center to a pa1ticular telecommunication user or
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`unit. The SMS message is delivered, as discussed above, to the intended recipient by
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`capable networks wherever the intended recipient is located, independent of geographic
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`area or location.
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`[0012] As such, SMS messaging for emergency-based messaging requires that
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`SMS messages be created and sent to each mobile unit even though the particular user
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`phone is not located in the particular geographic area in which the emergency is located.
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`SMS service is not capable of position-specific messaging.
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`[0013] Additionally, SMS messaging requires considerable call processing load
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`on the telecommunication system and infrastructure considering that the above process is
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`multiplied by the demand of thousands or tens of thousands of SMS call set up requests at
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`the same time. The potential initiation of broadcast SMS volumes will not only affect
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`network resources for SMS messaging, but also negatively affect ability of the
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`telecommunication networks to set up and support voice traffic dming any pe1iod of
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`message broadcasting as these resources are shared by both services.
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`[0014] As a further example of the limitation of existing solutions to message
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`broadcasting, the well deployed Global Standard for Mobile Communications (GSM)
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`system typically deploys in a single GSM cell several transceivers. A typical GSM cell
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`configuration includes between 6 and 12 transceivers. Each such transceiver includes 8-
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`timeslots. Each timeslot supports a single phone call.
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`[0015] In such an a1rnngement, one of the transceivers is selected to be the SMS
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`canier. The SMS caITier transceiver is ruTanged differently, having one timeslot
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`dedicated to broadcast SMS messages and paging and another one which is utilized to
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`from 8 control channels which are referred to as Stand-Alone Dedicated Control
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`Channels (S DCCH). The SDCCH cruTy out control and call set-up functions and carry
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`the SMS traffic which is not no1mally handled by the traffic channels on the other
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`timeslots.
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`[0016] However, in this plior a1t system, SMS and Wireless Access Protocol
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`(W AP) messaging utilize capacity on these channels making them unavailable for other
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`purposes such as voice call set up. Additionally, each of the SDCCH channels can only
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`handle a limi ted number of SMS and/or paging calls. As such, during heavy messaging,
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`the related high volumes of messaging traffic may have a negative affect on other
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`services including the set up of voice calls.
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`[0017] To compensate for these and other SMS messaging limitations, dynamic
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`channel allocation was developed. Dynamic channel allocation utilizes an additional
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`traffic channel which is converted into another 8 control channels for the duration of the
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`peak SMS or paging 1oads. However, this results in the loss of the traffic channel for
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`voice communications.
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`[0018] Fmther strategies have included the immediate assignment to a traffic
`channe1. In this system, when a voice ca11 is attempted, the voice can is sent to a traffic
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`channel directly where signaling will be performed on the traffic channel. This, however,
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`occupies the traffic channel for a longer time than would othe1wise be the case. There is
`a limit on the number of traffic channels that can utilize this feature. In most cases, only
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`one traffic channel is converted thereby only limited the solution to 8 new SDCCH
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`channels. The impact of can failure due to control channel depends on the traffic
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`capacity of the ce11. In high density cens, when a 1arge quantity of SMS messaging
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`traffic is offered, congestion occurs due to the each cel1 having over one hundred traffic
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`channels within the cell.
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`[0019] In operation, the telecommunication service provider addresses this
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`limitation by throttling the SMS messaging rate so that it is manageable and does not
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`create congestion problems. However, such message load management negatively
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`impacts the opportunity for using SMS messaging for broadcasting emergency messages
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`to users of those networks. Thrnttling often significantly delays the delivery of the SMS
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`message, even though it's timing delivery in an emergency is critical. Furthermore, if a
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`message fails to be delivered, the SMS center repeatedly attempts to deliver the message,
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`thereby causing fmther congestion and message backlog.
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`[0020] Additionally, as discussed SMS messaging is not location based and does
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`not send messages to intended recipients located within a defined geographic location.
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`Since many telecommunication users will be messages independent of their location,
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`many of the generated SMS messages are sent to users who are not in the intended area.
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`[0021] In the alternative, some next-generation phone systems include a basic
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`cell-based broadcasting capability, e.g., GMS, CDMA and UMTS. In such systems, the
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`cell broadcasting capability allocates a po1tion of each timeslot bandwidth capacity in
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`each cel1 as a reserved broadcast timeslot. While the cen broadcast capability in included
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`in many new equipment being deployed, cell broadcasting systems and services have not
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`been developed which effectively utilize the technology.
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`SUMMARY
`[0022] The embodiments of the present disclosure provide one or more
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`improvements over the prior art.
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`[0023] In one aspect, a message broadcast system and method for coUecting
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`broadcast messages from a plurality of broadcast message originators and providing a
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`broadcast message to a plurality of broadcast message transmission systems for
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`broadcasting to a plurality of user devices located within a geographically defined
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`broadcast target area, the system communicatively coupled and receiving broadcast
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`message requests from different coupled broadcast agent message origination systems,
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`the broadcast requests including a broadcast agent identification, the geographical
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`broadcast target area, and a broadcast message, the system receivin