Patent ID: 8422640

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying one or more individuals that are in the zone of coverage of an emergency alert message; identifying one or more associate internet protocol television (IPTV) devices for each of one or more associates of the one or more individuals; providing types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to the one or more associate IPTV devices; receiving a selection of the types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted; receiving associate presence information corresponding to the one or more associates; and transmitting the emergency alert message to at least one of the one or more associate IPTV devices based on the associate presence information when the emergency alert message corresponds to the selection of the types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted, wherein: the selection of the types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted is a pre-selection prior to the detecting of the emergency alert message; and the pre-selection is made by at least one among the one or more individuals or the one or more associates.