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 method comprising:
receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links 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;
receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and
providing multimedia obtained via the selected link.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency is received via at least one of a short message service or a cellular broadcast service.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises a pointer to a link of the plurality of links.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically receiving multimedia via a link of the plurality of links.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises an alert message associated with the emergency.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the alert message is in a format applicable for rendering in a textual format.
7. The method 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 to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links 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;
receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and
receiving multimedia obtained via the selected link.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the indication of the emergency is received via at least one of a short message service or a cellular 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 receiving 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.
15. A machine-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
receiving, from an emergency alert system, via a cellular text based delivery protocol, an indication of an emergency, the indication of the emergency comprising a plurality of links 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;
receiving an indication of a selected link of the plurality of links; and
providing multimedia obtained via the selected link.
16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the indication of the emergency is received via at least one of a short message service or a cellular broadcast service.
17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises a pointer to a link of the plurality of links.
18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising automatically receiving multimedia via a link of the plurality of links.
19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the indication of the emergency comprises an alert message associated with the emergency.
20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the alert message is provided in a format applicable for rendering in a textual format.