Patent ID: 8566863

Claim:
A method of processing emergency alert system (EAS) data in a system comprising a digital broadcast receiver for selectively communicating with two servers, the method comprising: receiving, by the digital broadcast receiver and from an EAS Ingestion System (EIS) server, the EAS data, wherein the EAS data comprises multiple elements and is sent directly from the EIS server to the digital broadcast receiver while bypassing an EAS Response Control System (ERCS) server; processing, by the digital broadcast receiver, an EAS message based on the received EAS data; determining if the processing of the EAS message was successful; when the determining step determines the EAS message was not successfully processed, sending Response Information (RI) data the ERCS server without sending the RI data to the EIS server, wherein the RI data comprises an emergency alert message (EAM) status element and a discarded reason element identifying a specific reason among multiple reasons why the EAS message was not successfully processed; generating, at the ERCS server, an EAS command that is optimized for the digital broadcast receiver based on the discarded reason element included in the RI data; receiving, by the digital broadcast receiver and from the EIS server, the EAS command at a changeable interval depending on the discarded reason; processing, by the digital broadcast receiver, a second EAS message based on the received EAS command; and sending, by the digital broadcast receiver, second RI data to the ERCS server, wherein the second RI data comprises a second EAM status element and a second discarded reason element identifying a specific reason among the multiple reasons why the second EAS message was not successfully processed.