Patent ID: 8385956

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: a memory to store computer-executable instructions; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the computer-executable instructions to perform operations, comprising: storing emergency broadcast information that specifies a broadcast technology supported by the communication device and an emergency broadcast channel associated with the broadcast technology; updating the emergency broadcast information with data from a remote location via over-the-air programming; retrieving a subset of the emergency broadcast information in response to detection of an emergency indicator bit received on a control channel of a telephony network, the emergency indicator bit indicative of an occurrence of an emergency broadcast; and in response to determining that the emergency broadcast is relevant based on a defined criterion: rendering a visual notification that the emergency broadcast is being transmitted, wherein the notification includes the subset of the emergency broadcast information, automatically tuning the communication device to the emergency broadcast channel; and storing a record of the occurrence of the emergency broadcast.