Event masking for television signal receiver having an emergency alert function

A television signal receiver having an emergency alert function, comprising;

• a memory operative to store data associated with the emergency alert function;
• and
• a processor operative to receive an input representing a geographical area and enable generation of a masked list of emergency events selectable by the user of the television signal receiver responsive to the input using the data in the memory, wherein the masked list of emergency events represents a subset of all emergency events associated with the emergency alert function excluding masked events associated with the input geographical area, where the masked events are set for default notification.

A television signal receiver having an emergency alert function, comprising:

• memory means for storing data associated with the emergency alert function;
• and
• processing means for receiving an input representing a geographical area and enabling generation of a masked list of emergency events selectable by the user of the television signal receiver responsive to the input using the data in the memory means, wherein the masked list of emergency events represents a subset of all emergency events associated with the emergency alert function excluding masked events associated with the input geographical area, where the masked events are set for default notification.