Sytem and Method of Communicating Emergency Alerts
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.
InventorsJohn McClenny, Thomas Webster, Michael Thomas Raftelis
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Abstract
A tangible computer readable medium includes instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to communicate with a multicast alert server to receive a multicast emergency alert message via a multicast-enabled network of an Internet Protocol television system. The multicast emergency alert message includes data related to a location code and data related to a set-top box action. The computer program further includes instructions to execute the set-top box action when the location code matches location information stored at a set-top box device.
Claims20
A tangible computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- communicate with a multicast alert server to receive a multicast emergency alert message via a multicast-enabled network of an Internet Protocol television system, the multicast emergency alert message including data related to a location code and data related to a set-top box action;
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- execute the set-top box action when the location code matches location information stored at a set-top box device.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
- send a multicast emergency alert message to a first set-top box device at a first location and to a second set-top box device at a second location via a multicast-enabled network, wherein the multicast emergency alert message includes data related to a set-top box action and data related to a location code,
- wherein the first set-top box device executes the set-top box action when the location code corresponds to the first location, and the second set-top box device executes the set-top box action when the location code corresponds to the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.