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Emergency notification system and methods

  • US 10,503,921 B2
  • Filed: 02/19/2016
  • Issued: 12/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An emergency notification system for an area, the system comprising:

  • a controller;

    a plurality of remote devices, each remote device associated with a particular location in the area and communicably coupled to the controller, each remote device having a display and configured to, upon user activation of the device, communicate a lockdown signal for the area together with the location of the remote device to the controller,wherein each remote device includes one or more color-coded buttons, wherein the color-coded buttons trigger the color of the block corresponding to the location of the remote device;

    wherein the display graphically illustrates a floor plan of the area, wherein the floor plan has blocks corresponding to the locations of each remote device; and

    one or more speakers communicably coupled to the controller;

    wherein upon receipt of a lockdown signal from a remote device, the controller automatically;

    sends a signal to trigger broadcast of a pre-recorded message over the one or more speakers; and

    displays a color in the display of all of the remote devices indicating emergency status in the block of the floor plan corresponding to the location of the remote device from which the lockdown signal was triggered.

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