Patent ID: 8893172

Claim:
A method for receiving audio announcements, comprising: (a) receiving an announcement package by a television, the announcement package comprising a package identity, a package update time, and one or more broadcast announcement items, and each broadcast announcement item comprising a first item identity and an audio data; (b) sending, by the television, a request for an update to a server according to the package update time; (c) receiving the update by the television from the server in response to the request, the update comprising a second package identity, an updated package update time, and one or more updated broadcast announcement items, and each updated broadcast announcement item comprising a second item identity and an updated audio data; (d) determining by the television if the second package identity matches the first package identity; and (e) if the second package identity matches the first package identity, updating by the television the announcement package, wherein the updating comprises: (e1) modifying by the television the package update time in the announcement package with the updated package update time in the update; (e2) for each updated broadcast announcement item, determining by the television if the second item identity matches the first item identity of any of the one or more broadcast announcement items; and (e3) for the broadcast announcement item with the first item identity matching the second item identity, updating by the television the audio data of the matching broadcast announcement item with the updated audio data.