Method and system for displaying plural notifications from plural sources
View Patent ↗A system for displaying at least one notification from at least one source includes a processor configured to access the at least one notification from the at least one source, the at least one notification comprising content and geographical information. The processor is further configured to display the notification on a map based on the geographical information of the notification. A method for displaying at least one notification from at least one source is also provided.
1. A system for displaying plural notifications from plural sources, the system comprising a processor configured to:
access the plural notifications from the plural sources, the plural notifications comprising content and associated with a street address for at least one of a plurality of recipients;
provide a first notification and a second notification for display, wherein the first notification is for at least two recipients from the plurality of recipients; and
concurrently display at least two indicators for the first notification, one indicator for each of the at least two recipients, positioned on a map based on the street address for at least one of the at least two recipients, and a third indicator for the second notification,
wherein additional information for the first notification is provided for display upon selection of at least one of the two displayed indicators for the first notification positioned on the map, the additional information for the first notification comprising an identification that the first notification is a past notification based on the time the notification was transmitted or a present notification selected for transmission, and,
wherein additional information for the second notification is provided for display upon selection of the third indicator and comprises an identification that the second notification is a future notification selected for transmission at a time the notification was selected to be transmitted.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one source from the plural sources is at least one of an alert and notification system, a radio source, a television source, an XML RSS feed, or a data protocol format.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the data protocol format comprises the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plural notifications is provided to at least one source from the plural sources by at least one of an institution, an agency or a company.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the content of the first notification in response to a request for the content.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first notification further comprises class information.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the first notification on the map based on the class information of the notification.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the additional information for each indicator comprises at least one of a class of the corresponding notification or an urgency of the corresponding notification.
9. A method for displaying plural notifications from at least one source from among a plurality of sources, comprising:
accessing the plural notifications from the at least one source from among the plurality of sources, the plural notifications comprising content and associated with a street address for at least one of a plurality of recipients;
providing a first notification and a second notification for display, wherein the first notification is for at least two recipients from the plurality of recipients; and
concurrently displaying at least two indicators for the first notification, one indicator for each of the at least two recipients, positioned on a map based on the street address for at least one of the at least two recipients, and a third indicator for the second notification,
wherein additional information for the first notification is provided for display upon selection of at least one of the two displayed indicators for the first notification positioned on the map, the additional information for the first notification comprising an identification that the first notification is a past notification based on the time the notification was transmitted or a present notification selected for transmission, and,
wherein additional information for the second notification is provided for display upon selection of the third indicator and comprises an identification that the second notification is a future notification selected for transmission at a time the notification was selected to be transmitted.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one source is at least one of an alert and notification system, a radio source, a television source, an XML RSS feed, or a data protocol format.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the data protocol format comprises the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP).
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plural notifications is provided to the at least one source by at least one of an institution, an agency or a company.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying the content of the first notification in response to a request for the content.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first notification further comprises class information.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
displaying the first notification on the map based on the class information of the notification.
16. A non-transitory machine-readable medium encoded with instructions for displaying plural notifications from at least one source from among a plurality of sources, the instructions comprising code for:
accessing the plural notifications from the at least one source from among the plurality of sources, the plural notifications comprising content and associated with a street address for at least one of a plurality of recipients;
providing a first notification and a second notification for display, wherein the first notification is for at least two recipients from the plurality of recipients; and
concurrently displaying at least two indicators for the first notification, one indicator for each of the at least two recipients, positioned on a map based on the street address for at least one of the at least two recipients, and a third indicator for the second notification,
wherein additional information for the first notification is provided for display upon selection of at least one of the two displayed indicators for the first notification positioned on the map, the additional information for the first notification comprising an identification that the first notification is a past notification based on the time the notification was transmitted or a present notification selected for transmission, and,
wherein additional information for the second notification is provided for display upon selection of the third indicator and comprises an identification that the second notification is a future notification selected for transmission at a time the notification was selected to be transmitted.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the at least one source is at least one of an alert and notification system, a radio source, a television source or an XML RSS feed.