Systems and methods for a national emergency alert test message
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorMartin Curran
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Abstract
National emergency alert test systems and methods are operable to test a national emergency alert system. An exemplary embodiment initiates a test of the national emergency alert message system, retrieves a national emergency alert test message from a memory, communicates the national emergency alert test message to a programming stream receive system via a local area network, interrupts programming provided in a plurality of program streams, and replaces the interrupted programming in the program streams with the retrieved national emergency alert test message.
Claims20
A method for testing a national emergency alert message system, the method comprising:
- initiating a test of the national emergency alert message system;
- retrieving a national emergency alert test message from a memory;
- communicating the national emergency alert test message to a programming stream receive system via a local area network (LAN);
- interrupting programming provided in a plurality of program streams;
- and
- replacing the interrupted programming in the program streams with the retrieved national emergency alert test message.
A national emergency alert test system, comprising:
- a programming stream receive system configured to receive a plurality of program streams;
- an encoder configured to receive a national emergency alert message, and configured to format the received national emergency alert message for communication over a local area network (LAN) to the programming stream receive system;
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- a memory configured to store a national emergency alert test message, wherein the national emergency alert test message is communicated over the LAN to the programming stream receive system in response to initiating a test of the national emergency alert message,
- wherein the formatted national emergency alert message is communicated over the LAN to the programming stream receive system in response to receiving the national emergency alert message, and
- wherein the plurality of program streams receivable by the programming stream receive system are interrupted by and replaced with the communicated national emergency alert test message.
A national emergency alert system, comprising:
- a national emergency alert generator configured to generate a national emergency alert message;
- a transmitter coupled to the national emergency alert generator and configured to communicate the national emergency alert message to a media transmit facility;
- a receiver in the media transmit facility configured to receive the national emergency test message from the transmitter;
- an encoder coupled to the receiver, configured to receive the national emergency alert message, and configured to format the received national emergency alert message for communication over a local area network (LAN);
- a memory configured to store a national emergency alert test message;
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- a programming stream receive system communicatively coupled to the LAN and configured to receive a plurality of program streams generated by local program providers, configured to receive the formatted national emergency alert message communicated over the LAN, and configured to receive the national emergency alert test message communicated over the LAN in response to initiating a test of the national emergency alert message,
- wherein the plurality of program streams receivable by the programming stream receive system are interrupted by and replaced with the communicated national emergency alert test message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.