Emergency alert signaling method and DTV receiver
First Claim
1. An emergency alert signaling method for use by a terrestrial digital television (DTV) receiver, the method comprising:
- determining whether the DTV receiver is on a power-on mode or a power-off mode;
periodically tuning to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a first master guide table when the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode;
parsing the first master guide table to determine whether a new emergency alert message is being received; and
automatically, setting the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and tuning to the emergency alert channel when the parsed first master guide table indicates that the new emergency alert message is being received.
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Abstract
A terrestrial digital television receiver includes a tuner, a microcomputer, and a demodulator. The microcomputer initially determines whether the DTV receiver is on, a power-on or power-off mode. If the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode, the microcomputer, control operation of the tuner to tune to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a master guide table. The demodulator parses the master guide table. If the parsed master guide table indicates that a new emergency alert message is being received, the microcomputer automatically sets the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and controls operation of the tuner to tune to the emergency alert channel.
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32 Claims
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1. An emergency alert signaling method for use by a terrestrial digital television (DTV) receiver, the method comprising:
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determining whether the DTV receiver is on a power-on mode or a power-off mode;
periodically tuning to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a first master guide table when the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode;
parsing the first master guide table to determine whether a new emergency alert message is being received; and
automatically, setting the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and tuning to the emergency alert channel when the parsed first master guide table indicates that the new emergency alert message is being received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
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5. The method of clam 1, further comprising:
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determining whether the DTV receiver is currently on a terrestrial broadcast mode when the DTV receiver is on the power-on mode;
periodically tuning to the emergency alert channel to receive a second master guide table when the DTV receiver is not on the terrestrial broadcast mode;
parsing the second master guide table to determine whether a new emergency alert message is being received; and
automatically tuning to the emergency alert channel when the parsed second master guide table indicates that the new emergency alert message is being received. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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11. An emergency alert signaling method for use by a terrestrial digital television (DTV) receiver, the method comprising:
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determining whether the DTV receiver is on a power-on mode or a power-off mode;
periodically tuning to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a first emergency alert table when the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode;
parsing the first emergency alert table to determine whether the first emergency alert table includes a new emergency alert message; and
automatically setting the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and tuning to the emergency alert channel when the parsed first emergency alert table includes the new emergency message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A terrestrial digital television receiver (DTV), comprising:
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a tuner;
a microcomputer determining whether the DTV receiver is on a power-on mode or power-off mode and controlling operation of the tuner to periodically tune to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a first master guide table when the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode; and
a demodulator parsing the first master guide table to determine whether a new emergency alert message is being received, wherein the microcomputer automatically sets the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and controls operation of the tuner to tune to the emergency alert channel when the parsed first master guide table indicates that the new emergency alert message is being received. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A terrestrial digital television (DTV) receiver, comprising:
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a tuner;
a microcomputer determining whether the DTV receiver is on a power-on mode or a power-off mode and controlling operation of the tuner to periodically tune to a predefined emergency alert channel to receive a first emergency alert table when the DTV receiver is on the power-off mode; and
a demodulator parsing the first emergency alert table to determine whether the first emergency alert table includes a new emergency alert message, wherein the microcomputer automatically sets the DTV receiver on the power-on mode and controls operation of the tuner to tune to the emergency alert channel when the parsed first emergency alert table includes the new emergency message. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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