Patent ID: 8825097

Claim:
A device, comprising: a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving emergency broadcast update information from an emergency broadcast information data store via over-the-air programming, wherein the emergency broadcast update information initiates an updating of emergency broadcast information stored in the memory; receiving, via a control channel of a telephony network, an emergency alert indicator bit indicating an occurrence of an emergency broadcast; determining a relevance of the emergency broadcast in response to the receiving the emergency alert indicator bit; rendering, via a rendering component of the device and based on the relevance, notification data comprising a subset of the emergency broadcast information, wherein the subset of the emergency broadcast information identifies a broadcast technology supported by the device and an emergency broadcast channel associated with the broadcast technology; automatically tuning the device to the emergency broadcast channel identified by the subset of the emergency broadcast information in response to the receiving the emergency alert indicator bit; and storing a record of the emergency broadcast on the memory.