Patent ID: 8826327

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a server device and from a user device, a request for video content; obtaining, by the server device, the video content based on the request; processing, by the server device, the video content to generate one or more first segments, each segment of the one or more first segments corresponding to a respective portion of the video content; monitoring, by the server device, traffic to detect an emergency alert system (EAS) message; encoding, by the server device, the EAS message as an EAS video stream; processing, by the server device, the EAS video stream to generate one or more second segments, each segment of the one or more second segments corresponding to a respective portion of the EAS message; and selectively transmitting, to the user device, a first playlist or a second playlist, the first playlist including the one or more first segments and not including the one or more second segments, the second playlist including the one or more first segments and including the one or more second segments, the first playlist allowing the user device to receive or play the video content on a particular channel based on the one or more first segments and being transmitted to the user device based on a determination that the user device is not located within a particular geographic area, and the second playlist allowing the user device to receive or play the EAS message, based on the one or more second segments, without tuning to a channel different from the particular channel and being transmitted to the user device based on a determination that the user device is located within the particular geographic area.