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Samsung patents system to control storage of emergency messages

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung has been granted a patent for a method that allows a server to manage how 'mission critical data' is stored. The system checks if a user is authorized before saving these communications and sends specific warning messages if the user lacks permission or if the target group is unclear.

Why it mattersThis filing outlines a specific technical process for managing access to emergency or high-priority data, which is relevant to how secure communication networks handle sensitive information.

In the filing’s own words

A method for managing mission critical data (MCData) by an MCData server is provided. The method comprises receiving a request message for controlling a storage of MCData communications into an MCData message store from an MCData client device; identifying whether a user of the MCData client device is authorized; controlling the storage of the MCData communications based on the request message, in case of identifying that the MCData client device is authorized; and transmitting, to the MCData client device, a response message in response to the request message.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for managing mission critical data (MCData) by an MCData server, comprising: receiving a request message for controlling a storage of MCData communications into an MCData message store from an MCData client device; identifying whether a user of the MCData client device is authorized; controlling the storage of the MCData communications based on the request message, in case of identifying that the user of the MCData client device is authorized; and transmitting, to the MCData client device, a response message in response to the request message, wherein based on identifying that the user is not authorized, the response message includes a warning text selected from a plurality of warning texts, in a warning header field, wherein the plurality of warning texts comprises: a first warning text indicating that a related function is not allowed to the user; and a second warning text indicating that the MCData server is unable to determine a targeted user or group for enabling or disabling of the storage of MCData communications.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: Method and apparatus for managing mission critical data
Patent number: US12756713B2
Application number: 18687752
Filed: Aug 30, 2022
Granted: Oct 6, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 19

Classified under

H04L 63/102 Electricity & electronicsH04L 63/08 Electricity & electronics

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