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US 2003/0196200 A1Published application
Emergency alert system
AssigneeScientific-Atlanta, Inc.
InventorsAzita M. Manson, Timothy H. Addington
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Abstract
A system for inputting conventional emergency alert messages into a digital subscriber television system. The method allows existing emergency alert equipment to interface with the digital system equipment in the headend of a digital subscriber television system. A unique identifier and the format of the digital emergency alert message allow the input of an emergency alert message and allow for a wide variety of optional data formats, system control options, and data storage options.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an emergency alert message;
- converting a text message into a display file responsive to the emergency alert message containing the text message;
- converting an audio message into an audio file responsive to the emergency alert message containing the audio message;
- creating a digital emergency alert message responsive to the emergency alert message;
- and
- transmitting the digital emergency alert message to a digital subscriber television system.
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A system comprising:
- emergency alert equipment configured to receive an emergency alert message, and to create a digital emergency alert message responsive to the emergency alert message;
- and
- an application server configured to receive the digital emergency alert message from the emergency alert equipment, and to enable the digital emergency alert message to be provided to a digital home communication terminal.
A system comprising:
- means for receiving an emergency alert message;
- means for converting a text message contained in the emergency alert message into a display file;
- means for converting an audio message contained in the emergency alert message into an audio file;
- means for creating a digital emergency alert message;
- and
- means for transmitting the digital emergency alert message to a digital subscriber television system.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an emergency alert message;
- converting a text message into a display file responsive to the emergency alert message containing the text message;
- converting an audio message into an audio file responsive to the emergency alert message containing the audio message;
- creating a digital emergency alert message;
- transmitting the digital emergency alert message to a digital subscriber television system;
- receiving the digital emergency alert message by an application server within the digital subscriber television system;
- and
- providing by the digital subscriber television system the digital emergency alert message to a subscriber;
- wherein the digital emergency alert message is used to warn a subscriber of one of a sever weather emergency or a national emergency;
- wherein a format of the audio file is one of an Audio Interchange File Format, a Resource Interchange File Format Wave format, or a Creative Voice format;
- wherein a format of the display file is one of an American Standard Code for Information Interchange format or a Hyper Text Markup Language format;
- wherein the audio file is transmitted separately from the digital emergency alert message;
- wherein the display file is transmitted separately from the digital emergency alert message;
- and
- wherein the digital emergency alert message includes:
- a unique message identifier;
- event information associated with the emergency alert message;
- display data information, including at least one of an indicator of existence of the display file, an indicator of a format of the display file, an indicator of a length of the display file, a location of the display file, and the display file;
- and
- audio data information, including at least one of an indicator of existence of the audio file, an indicator of a format of the audio file, an indicator of a length of the audio file, a location of the audio file, and the audio file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.