Patent ID: 11877223
Assignee: IHEART MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An importer-exporter comprising:
at least a first interface configured to receive:
channel packets including channel content for a plurality of media channels; and
a stream of emergency action signal (EAS) packets including first EAS notification content from a first EAS encoder, wherein the first EAS notification content is associated with one or more particular media channels of the plurality of media channels;

a processor and associated memory configured to implement a switching module including:
a login module configured to:
monitor the stream of EAS packets; and
select, based on the stream of EAS packets, either channel content or first notification content for inclusion in broadcasts of each of the plurality of media channels; and

a multiplexer configured to transmit content selected by the login module for inclusion in the broadcasts of each of the plurality of media channels.