EVENT MASKING FOR TELEVISION SIGNAL RECEIVER HAVING AN EMERGENCY ALERT FUNCTION

摘要

A television signal receiver ( Fig. 2) having an emergency alert function provides a masked list of emergency events during a user setup process for t he emergency alert function which makes the setup process easier for users, and also ensures that the emergency alert function will be activated when certai n important emergency events occur. According to an exemplary embodiment, the television signal receiver (20) includes a memory (27) operative to store da ta associated with the emergency alert function. A processor (27) is operative to receive an input representing a geographical area and to enable generation o f a masked list of emergency events responsive to the input using the data in the memory (27). The masked list of emergency events represents a subset of all emergency events associated with the emergency alert function.