Adaptive user-controllable wireless emergency alert presentation

1 . A method comprising:

presenting, via a wireless emergency alert-capable device comprising a light sensor, a motion sensor, and a processor executing a wireless emergency alert application, a user interface through which a user defines a wireless emergency alert setting for a type of wireless emergency alert based on outputs from the light sensor and the motion sensor, wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how wireless emergency alerts determined to be the type of wireless emergency alert are presented to the user when an output from the light sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to darkness and an output from the motion sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary;

receiving, by the wireless emergency alert-capable device, a wireless emergency alert;

in response to receiving the wireless emergency alert, determining whether the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting;

in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, determining whether the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary; and

in response to determining that the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting, by the wireless emergency alert-capable device, the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting, wherein presenting the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting comprises presenting the wireless emergency alert without any sound or vibration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how the wireless emergency alert is presented to the user further based upon a time.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is not the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with a normal wireless emergency alert presentation.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness or the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness and the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting is selected from a plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings comprises a percentage reduction of a volume setting, a percentage reduction of an intensity of vibration setting, or a percentage reduction of both the volume setting and the intensity of vibration setting.

8 . A wireless emergency alert-capable device comprising:

a light sensor;

a motion sensor;

a processor; and

a memory comprising instructions for a wireless emergency alert application that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

presenting a user interface through which a user defines a wireless emergency alert setting for a type of wireless emergency alert based on outputs from the light sensor and the motion sensor, wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how wireless emergency alerts determined to be the type of wireless emergency alert are presented to the user when an output from the light sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to darkness and an output from the motion sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary,

receiving a wireless emergency alert,

in response to receiving the wireless emergency alert, determining whether the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting,

in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, determining whether the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, and

in response to determining that the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting, wherein presenting the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting comprises presenting the wireless emergency alert without any sound or vibration.

9 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how the wireless emergency alert is presented to the user further based upon a time.

10 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is not the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with a normal wireless emergency alert presentation.

11 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness or the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

12 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness and the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

13 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting is selected from a plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings.

14 . The wireless emergency alert-capable device of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings comprises a percentage reduction of a volume setting, a percentage reduction of an intensity of vibration setting, or a percentage reduction of both the volume setting and the intensity of vibration setting.

15 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for a wireless emergency alert application that, when executed by a processor of a wireless emergency alert-capable device comprising a light sensor and a motion sensor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

presenting a user interface through which a user defines a wireless emergency alert setting for a type of wireless emergency alert based on outputs from the light sensor and the motion sensor, wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how wireless emergency alerts determined to be the type of wireless emergency alert are presented to the user when an output from the light sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to darkness and an output from the motion sensor of the wireless emergency alert-capable device corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary;

receiving a wireless emergency alert;

in response to receiving the wireless emergency alert, determining whether the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting;

in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, determining whether the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary; and

in response to determining that the output of the light sensor corresponds to darkness and the output from the motion sensor corresponds to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting, wherein presenting the wireless emergency alert to the user in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting comprises presenting the wireless emergency alert without any sound or vibration.

16 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting changes how the wireless emergency alert is presented to the user further based upon a time.

17 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the wireless emergency alert is not the type of wireless emergency alert associated with the wireless emergency alert setting, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with a normal wireless emergency alert presentation.

18 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness or the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

19 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise in response to determining that the output of the light sensor does not correspond to darkness and the output from the motion sensor does not correspond to the wireless emergency alert-capable device being stationary, presenting the wireless emergency alert in accordance with the wireless emergency alert setting.

20 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the wireless emergency alert setting is selected from a plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings, and wherein each of the plurality of pre-defined emergency alert settings comprises a percentage reduction of a volume setting, a percentage reduction of an intensity of vibration setting, or a percentage reduction of both the volume setting and the intensity of vibration setting.