Patent ID: 9137563
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a home network for emergency messaging, the method comprising: receiving, by a digital media server and from a client device, a discovery message in search of a device that supports an emergency message service; transmitting, by the digital media server and to the client device, a response to the discovery message specifying that the digital media server supports an emergency message service, the response including a service address of the digital media server; receiving, by the digital media server and from the client device, a request that the client device be notified that the digital media server has received an emergency alert message, wherein the request includes the service address of the digital media server; in response to receiving the request, registering, by the digital media server, the client device as a device that will be transmitted notifications regarding emergency alert messages received by the digital media server; receiving, by the digital media server and from an entity remote from the digital media server, a broadcast emergency alert message; processing, by the digital media server, the emergency alert message such that the emergency alert message is in a format suitable for distribution via a residential Local Area Network, to the client device; and transmitting, by the digital media server and to the client device, a notification indicating that the digital media server has received an emergency alert message based on the client device being registered to be transmitted the notifications, wherein the digital media server is part of the residential Local Area Network and the client device is part of the residential Local Area Network.