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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2016
Applicant:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kenneth Gould, Reston, VA (US);

George Sarosi, Niwot, CO (US);

Assignee:

Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/814 (2013.01); G08B 27/005 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for providing emergency alert system (EAS) data to subscribers of a content-based network for multiple locations including via mobile devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a server performing real-time receipt and encapsulation of the EAS data, transport of the EAS data to client devices over an IP or other packet-switched network, and use of applications running on the client devices to decode and display the EAS data. In one variant, a centralized EAS (CEAS) entity is used to aggregate and distribute EAS messages to video registration servers (VRS), which use stored client device data and user preferences to map delivery of relevant EAMs over the IP network. In another variant, instant messaging (IM) infrastructure is used to deliver and display at least portion of the EAS data via a separate transport process.


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