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US 2013/0210340 A1Published application
Broadcasting and receiving emergency alerts
AssigneeAbroadcasting Company
InventorArt Pharn
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Abstract
A device can receive an alert marker corresponding to an alert for broadcast programming content. The apparatus can further broadcast the programming content on one radio broadcast channel and broadcast the alert content of the alert on another broadcast channel. Based on the alert marker, the device can change the channel from the broadcast channel with the programming content to the broadcast channel with the alert content. The apparatus can also remove portions of broadcast programming content and replace it with the alert content.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving broadcast content for a first radio channel of a radio receiver;
- causing an auditory device to present the broadcast content to a user;
- receiving an alert marker in the broadcast content indicating a type of alert and a coverage area of the alert;
- determining whether the alert is relevant to the user based at least on the type of alert and the coverage area, wherein upon determining that the alert is not relevant to the user, the auditory device continues to present the broadcast content to the user on the first radio channel;
- and
- upon determining that the alert is relevant to the user:
- automatically changing the radio receiver to a second radio channel,
- receiving alert content for the second radio channel,
- causing the auditory device to present the alert content to the user on the second radio channel,
- determining an end of the alert content, and
- automatically changing the radio receiver to the first radio channel upon determining the end of the alert content.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving broadcast content for a first channel of a receiver;
- receiving an alert marker indicating a type of alert and a coverage area of the alert;
- determining, using one or more computer processors, that the alert is relevant to a user based at least on the type of alert and the coverage area;
- automatically changing the receiver to a second channel upon determining that the alert is relevant to the user;
- receiving alert content for the second radio channel;
- determining an end of the alert content;
- and
- automatically changing the receiver to the first channel upon determining the end of the alert content.
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A device, comprising:
- an antenna configured to receive broadcast content for at least a first channel and receive alert content for at least a second channel;
- a tuner configured to select a channel from a plurality of channels from which to provide content to a user;
- a decoder configured to decode at least a portion of an alert marker received in the broadcast content and to determine a type of an alert and a coverage area of the alert;
- and
- one or more computer processors configured to:
- determine that the alert is relevant to a user based at least on the type of alert and the coverage area,
- automatically cause the tuner to select the second channel upon determining that the alert is relevant to the user,
- determine an end of the alert content, and
- automatically cause the tuner to select the first channel upon determining the end of the alert content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.