Patent ID: 11869339
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A router computing device, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor device communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive, from a server computing device, a first Emergency Alert System (EAS) notification comprising an EAS media file manifest Universal Resource Locator (URL) of an EAS media file, wherein the EAS media file manifest URL indicates a location of an EAS media file manifest, the router computing device being configured to route requests from a client computing device to a content server that is configured to stream content;

responsive to receiving the first EAS notification:
intercept, from the client computing device that is communicatively coupled to the router computing device, a first Internet Protocol (IP) streaming content request that is directed to the content server by being configured to:
receive the first IP streaming content request via a communications network; and
prevent the first IP streaming content request from being passed on via a communications network to the content server; and
transmit, to the client computing device, a first redirection response message comprising the EAS media file manifest URL;

determine that playback of the EAS media file by the client computing device has ended; and
responsive to determining that the playback of the EAS media file by the client computing device has ended, transmit a completion message to the server computing device, the completion message comprising an identifier of the client computing device and a completion indication representing whether the client computing device viewed the entirety of the EAS media file.