Utilization of SMS and/or cellular broadcast to receive multimedia alerts
An indication of the location of multimedia information for an emergency alert is distributed via text based protocols such as a Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) and/or a Short Message Service (SMS). Multimedia information can include maps, graphics, video clips, audio clips, still pictures, and the like. A text based alert message along with an indication of the location of the associated multimedia is distributed to users. The indication can comprise a link to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), or the like, from which the multimedia can be retrieved. The indication can comprise a pointer to a link. For example, the alert message can comprise an address in storage of a user device, and the address can contain the link to the URL. Further, the multimedia can be retrieved automatically or manually.
1. A computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
prior to an indication of an emergency, sending, by a network device to a mobile device, uniform resource locators that link to multimedia emergency alert information;
determining the emergency;
based on determining the emergency, automatically sending via a wireless text based delivery protocol, an indication of the emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to one more addresses within a storage medium of a mobile device, the one more addresses of the storage medium corresponding to respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency; and
providing an indication of the selected link of the plurality of links.
2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency is provided via at least one of a short message service or a wireless broadcast service.
3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises a pointer to a link of the plurality of links.
4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising automatically providing multimedia via a link of the plurality of links.
5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises an alert message associated with the emergency.
6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the alert message is in a format applicable for rendering in a textual format.
7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein content comprises at least one of graphic content, video content, or audio content.
8. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
prior to an indication of an emergency, sending, by a network device to a mobile device, uniform resource locators that link to multimedia emergency alert information;
determining the emergency;
based on determining the emergency, sending via a wireless text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links to one more addresses within a storage medium of a mobile device, the one more addresses of the storage medium comprising respective uniform resource locators, content accessible via each link of the plurality of links comprising multimedia indicative of a respective aspect of the emergency; and
providing an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the indication of the emergency is provided via at least one of a short message service or a wireless broadcast service.
10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises a pointer to the link to the URL.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising, automatically providing multimedia via a link of the plurality of links.
12. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising rendering an indication of the selected link.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising rendering, on a display of the apparatus, the received multimedia.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
receiving an alert message associated with the emergency; and
rendering, in a text format on a display of the apparatus, the received alert message.