Remote worker's display device
First Claim
1. A device for positioning in the workplace of a worker, the device being operable, in the worker'"'"'s absence from said workplace, to provide a visitor to the workplace with information specifying the remote location of the worker and to enable the visitor to communicate with the absent worker;
- the device comprising processing means, a display and a user interface;
the processing means being adapted to access a database holding data representative of a remote location and corresponding data representative of at least one possible mode of communication between the device and the remote worker at the said remote location;
the processing means being electrically coupled to the digital display and the user interface;
the display being operable to display information specifying the remote location of the worker;
the processing means being operable to interrogate the database to obtain the possible modes of communication corresponding to the said specified remote location of the worker, and then to cause the said modes of communication to be displayed for selection by the visitor;
the user interface being operable to enable a visitor to select a mode of communication;
and the processing means being configured to effect communication with the worker using the selected mode of communication.
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Abstract
A device for positioning in the workplace of a worker, the device being operable, in the worker'"'"'s absence from said workplace, to provide a visitor to the workplace with information specifying the remote location of the worker and to enable the visitor to communicate with the absent worker; the device comprising processing means, memory, a digital display and a user interface; the processing means being coupled to a database, the database comprising data representative of a remote location and corresponding data representative of at least one possible mode of communication between the device and the remote worker at the said remote location; the processing means being electrically coupled to the digital display and the user interface; the memory being operable to store data specifying the remote location of the worker; the digital display being operable to display information specifying the remote location of the worker; the processing means being operable to interrogate the database to obtain the possible modes of communication corresponding to the said specified remote location of the worker, and then to cause the said modes of communication to be displayed for selection by the visitor; the user interface being operable to enable a visitor to select a mode of communication; and the processing means being configured to effect communication with the worker using the selected mode of communication.
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26 Claims
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1. A device for positioning in the workplace of a worker, the device being operable, in the worker'"'"'s absence from said workplace, to provide a visitor to the workplace with information specifying the remote location of the worker and to enable the visitor to communicate with the absent worker;
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the device comprising processing means, a display and a user interface;
the processing means being adapted to access a database holding data representative of a remote location and corresponding data representative of at least one possible mode of communication between the device and the remote worker at the said remote location;
the processing means being electrically coupled to the digital display and the user interface;
the display being operable to display information specifying the remote location of the worker;
the processing means being operable to interrogate the database to obtain the possible modes of communication corresponding to the said specified remote location of the worker, and then to cause the said modes of communication to be displayed for selection by the visitor;
the user interface being operable to enable a visitor to select a mode of communication;
and the processing means being configured to effect communication with the worker using the selected mode of communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A device substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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