Communication system
First Claim
1. A communication system for disseminating alarm messages, the system comprising a control facility accessible by at least one communication channel and operable to receive an alarm signal via the at least one communication channel signifying the occurrence of an alarm event;
- identification means operably connected to the control facility and operable automatically to identify the source of the alarm signal;
an information database of authorized sources of alarm signals, the information database accessible by the control facility and containing, for each authorized source, contact details of at least one recipient to whom at least one predetermined alarm message is to be disseminated in response to receipt of the alarm signal; and
dissemination means operably connected to the control means and operable, in response to receipt of an alarm signal by the control means from an authorized source, automatically to transmit the at least one predetermined alarm message to the at least one recipient.
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Abstract
A communication system for disseminating alarm messages comprises a control facility accessible by at least one communication channel and operable to receive and alarm signal via the at least one communication channel signifying the occurrence of an alarm event; identification means operably connected to the control facility and operable automatically to identify the source of the alarm signal; an information database of authorized sources of alarm signals, the information database accessible by the control facility and containing, for each authorized source, contact details of at least one recipient to whom at least one predetermined alarm message is to be disseminated in response to receipt of the alarm signal; and dissemination means operably connected to the control means and operable, in response to receipt of an alarm signal by the control means from an authorized source, automatically to transmit the at least one predetermined alarm message to the at least one recipient. The invention extends to a method of disseminating an alarm message.
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46 Claims
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1. A communication system for disseminating alarm messages, the system comprising
a control facility accessible by at least one communication channel and operable to receive an alarm signal via the at least one communication channel signifying the occurrence of an alarm event; -
identification means operably connected to the control facility and operable automatically to identify the source of the alarm signal;
an information database of authorized sources of alarm signals, the information database accessible by the control facility and containing, for each authorized source, contact details of at least one recipient to whom at least one predetermined alarm message is to be disseminated in response to receipt of the alarm signal; and
dissemination means operably connected to the control means and operable, in response to receipt of an alarm signal by the control means from an authorized source, automatically to transmit the at least one predetermined alarm message to the at least one recipient. - 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, 43, 44)
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25. A method for disseminating alarm messages, the method including
receiving, at a control facility of a communication system, via a communication channel, an alarm signal signifying the occurrence of an alarm event; -
identifying automatically a source of the alarm signal;
searching automatically an information database of authorized sources of alarm signals to determine whether the source of the alarm signal is an authorized source;
if the source of the alarm signal is an authorized source, determining automatically from an information database containing, for each authorized source, contact details of at least one recipient to whom at least one predetermined alarm message is to be disseminated in response to receipt of an alarm signal, the contact details of said at least one recipient associated with the source of the alarm signal; and
disseminating automatically the at least one predetermined alarm message to the at least one recipient. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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45. A communication system substantially as herein described and illustrated with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
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46. A method for disseminating alarm messages substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
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