US 12,205,458 B2
System and method for delivering emergency alerts
Imran Arif Maskatia, Palo Alto, CA (US); Benjamin James Kauffman, Ridgefield, WA (US); Thomas Lee Rich, Meridian, ID (US); Nicholas James Hottinger, Boise, ID (US); and Michael J. Chase, Jr., New Boston, NH (US)
Filed by Gray Media Group, Inc., Montgomery, AL (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,189.
Application 18/369,189 is a continuation of application No. 17/508,221, filed on Oct. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,763,666.
Prior Publication US 2024/0265798 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G08C 15/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 25/016 (2013.01) [G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G08B 27/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A set-top box (STB) comprising:
a processor;
a memory;
a communication interface connected to an antenna and to a modem; and
a system bus interconnecting the processor, the memory and the communication interface wherein
the antenna is configured to receive encoded content broadcast over the air (OTA) as audio video (AV) signals from a regional controller (RC) associated with a market area (MA) in which the STB is located, wherein the encoded content is received by the RC from a central content controller (CCC) over a communication link, the CCC encoding AV content received from a plurality of sources,
the processor is configured to
decode and process the received encoded content; and
present the processed content,
the modem is configured to receive emergency alerts in an Internet Protocol (IP) format from the CCC over a network, the network being distinct from the communication link wherein the CCC converts alerts received from an emergency alert system (EAS) into the IP format and identifies recipients designated for receiving an alert.