Patent ID: 8250598

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operating in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, the medium comprising computer instructions for: receiving an emergency alert notification from an emergency alert system by way of an OSS/BSS gateway, the emergency alert notification being associated with an emergency alert message of the emergency alert system; transmitting an overlay notification signal to a set top box coupled to the IPTV network; receiving a request from the set top box in response to the overlay notification signal to join a first multicast of the emergency alert message selected from a group of multicasts of the emergency alert message, wherein each of the group of multicasts is in a different language, wherein the first multicast is selected based on a pre-selection of a language associated with the set top box; and multicasting the emergency alert message in the different languages, wherein the set top box is adapted to receive the first multicast of the emergency alert message in the pre-selected language.