Patent ID: 8196165

Claim:
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which, when executed by a processor, performs a method comprising: receiving a channel change message over an access network from a subscriber terminal in a first service group indicating that the subscriber terminal is tuning from an SDV channel to a channel on which an EAS message will be received; in response to receipt of the channel change message, suspending reclamation of network resources allocated to the first service group and preventing a change, between a time when the message is received and an end of the EAS event associated with the EAS message, to a frequency and a program number associated with each SDV program delivered by the edge device to the first service group prior to occurrence of the EAS event associated with the EAS message; and in response to receipt of a second channel change message over the access network from the subscriber terminal indicating the subscriber terminal is re-tuning to the SDV channel after an end of the EAS event, the second channel change message received at a randomly selected time within a backoff time period, transmitting to the subscriber terminal a frequency and a program number associated with the SDV program delivered by the edge device to the subscriber terminal.