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Method of transmitting broadcast signal, method of processing broadcast signal and apparatus for the same

  • US 7,584,488 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Issued: 09/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing emergency alert information in a receiver, comprising:

  • receiving, at a digital broadcast receiver, a digital broadcasting signal including an emergency alert table containing a plurality of data fields, wherein one of the data fields includes information that includes an emergency alert table descriptor, wherein the emergency alert table descriptor contains additional data fields, wherein one of the additional data fields indicates program number information of an emergency alert channel in the emergency alert table;

    parsing the emergency alert table and extracting the program number information from the emergency alert table descriptor included in the emergency alert table and channel number information of the emergency alert channel from the emergency alert table;

    tuning to the emergency alert channel if a state of emergency channel tuning to the emergency alert channel occurs;

    wherein the emergency alert channel is acquired from the channel number information and the program number information.

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