Patent ID: 9078044
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G08B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A set top box for bypassing an emergency alert break-in for media content, the set top box comprising: a memory component for storing computer executable instructions; a communication interface for receiving media content data comprising a television program; an emergency alert break-in monitoring module for identifying an emergency alert break-in from the received media content data; and an emergency alert break-in bypass module for bypassing the identified emergency alert break-in for enabling the set top box to receive the television program without the identified emergency alert break-in by requesting, in response to a determination to bypass the emergency alert break-in, the television program from an Internet television source, and responsive to receiving at least a portion of the television program from the Internet television source, replacing at least a portion of the media content data with the at least a portion of the television program received from the Internet television source.