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Emergency alert system (EAS) ATSC alarms

  • US 10,062,271 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2015
  • Issued: 08/28/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating an enhanced detection device, said method comprising:

  • receiving, by a network adaptor of said enhanced detection device, an emergency alert system notification;

    determining, by a processor of said enhanced detection device, if said emergency alert system notification is communicated best by means of sounding an alarm or by means of vocalizing said emergency alert system notification;

    communicating said emergency alert system notification through a protected structure by means of sounding said alarm, by a sound generator of said enhanced detection device, or by means of vocalizing said emergency alert system notification, by a voice synthesizer of said enhanced detection device;

    forwarding, by said network adaptor, said emergency alert system notification to other enhanced detection devices in said protected structure;

    accessing, by said network adaptor of said enhanced detection device, a web link provided in said emergency alert system notification;

    retrieving, by said network adaptor, any additional information regarding said emergency alert system notification from said web link; and

    communicating, by said voice synthesizer of said enhanced detection device, said additional information regarding said emergency alert system notification through said protected structure by vocalizing said additional information.

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