Method of transmitting broadcast signal, method of processing broadcast signal and apparatus for the same
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method of processing a broadcast signal relevant to an emergency alert and a broadcast receiver for the same are disclosed, by which information on a channel for carrying an emergency alert broadcast can be prevented from being overlapped with information on other general channels. The present disclosure generating an emergency alert table including frequency information of an emergency alert channel, and transmitting a digital broadcasting signal including the emergency alert table, wherein the frequency information of the emergency alert channel is inserted in a descriptor that provides an additional pointer to the emergency alert channel, wherein the descriptor references the emergency alert channel by means of the frequency information.
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4 Claims
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1. A method of processing emergency alert information in a receiver, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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