Methods and apparatus to enable device based geo-location messages
The disclosed systems, methods and apparatus enable alert messaging systems to send geographic location information with a geo-targeted message to end user wireless devices. The disclosed technology can be used to generate a plurality of messages where payload of a first message can include a message content, and where a payload of one or more additional messages can includes compressed location information. The user devices receiving the plurality of generated messages can process the compressed location information to determine whether the content of the received message should be displayed.
1. A method of generating alert messaging, comprising:
receiving an alert request that includes a message content and geographic area information;
compressing the geographic area information to obtain compressed location information;
generating, by separating information included in the alert request, a plurality of messages comprising at least a first message and a second message, wherein
the first message includes a first payload that includes a first unique identifier and the message content,
the second message includes a second payload that includes a second unique identifier and at least a portion of the compressed location information, and
the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier facilitate a reassembling of the first message and the second message by a user device; and
transmitting the plurality of messages to be broadcast to a plurality of user devices.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second messages include a value representing a number of messages in the plurality of messages.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a length of the compressed location information is greater than a length of the second payload;
generating two or more fragments of the compressed location information;
generating one or more additional messages, wherein
each payload of each additional message includes a unique identifier, and
the two or more fragments of the compressed location information are included in the second payload of the second message and in each payload of the one or more additional messages.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the unique identifier of each additional message is a same identifier as the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the one or more additional messages include a value that represents a total number of messages.
6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the length of the second payload is 90 characters or 360 characters.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geographic area information includes any one or more of a polygon location information and a geocode information.
8. A method of processing alert messaging, comprising:
receiving, by a user device from a messaging system, a plurality of messages comprising a first message and a second message, wherein
the first message includes a first payload that includes a first unique identifier and a message content, and
the second message includes a second payload that includes a second unique identifier and compressed location information;
decompressing the compressed location information to obtain geographic area information;
determining a location of the user device; and
displaying the message content on the user device in response to determining that the determined location of the user device is within a geographic area identified by the geographic area information.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first unique identifier is a same identifier as the second unique identifier.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the location of the user device is determined based on any one of global positioning system (GPS) location information, network triangulation location information, Wi-Fi information, Bluetooth information, and a user input.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the geographic area information includes any one or more of a polygon location information and a geocode information.
12. An apparatus for generating alert messaging, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor reads code from the memory and implements a method comprising:
receiving an alert request that includes a message content and geographic area information;
compressing the geographic area information to obtain compressed location information;
generating, by separating information included in the alert request, a plurality of messages comprising at least a first message and a second message, wherein
the first message includes a first payload that includes a first unique identifier and the message content,
the second message includes a second payload that includes a second unique identifier and at least a portion of the compressed location information, and
the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier facilitate a reassembling of the first message and the second message by a user device; and
transmitting the plurality of messages to be broadcast to a plurality of user devices.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each of the first and second messages include a value representing a number of messages in the plurality of messages.
14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining that a length of the compressed location information is greater than a length of the second payload;
generating two or more fragments of the compressed location information;
generating one or more additional messages, wherein
each payload of each additional message includes a unique identifier, and
the two or more fragments of the compressed location information are included in the second payload of the second message and in each payload of the one or more additional messages.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the unique identifier of each additional message is a same identifier as the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier.
16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein each of the one or more additional messages include a value that represents a total number of messages.
17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the length of the second payload is 90 characters or 360 characters.
18. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the geographic area information includes any one or more of a polygon location information and a geocode information.
19. An apparatus for processing alert messaging, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor reads code from the memory and implements a method comprising:
receiving, by a user device from a messaging system, a plurality of messages comprising a first message and a second message, wherein
the first message includes a first payload that includes a first unique identifier and a message content, and
the second message includes a second payload that includes a second unique identifier and compressed location information;
decompressing the compressed location information to obtain geographic area information;
determining a location of the user device; and
displaying the message content on the user device in response to determining that the determined location of the user device is within a geographic area identified by the geographic area information.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the first unique identifier is a same identifier as the second unique identifier.
21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the location of the user device is determined based on any one of global positioning system (GPS) location information, network triangulation location information, Wi-Fi information, Bluetooth information, and a user input.
22. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the geographic area information includes any one or more of a polygon location information and a geocode information.