Internet Facilitated Emergency and General Paging System
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of multi-zone paging systems, each paging system including circuitry for selecting at least one of a plurality of at least audio output devices, each paging system also including an interface to a computer network for bidirectional communications of at least audio messages with a displaced, common, source, and where at least some of the messages are transmitted in accordance with a predetermined priority.
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Abstract
A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast thereinto.
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1. A system comprising:
a plurality of multi-zone paging systems, each paging system including circuitry for selecting at least one of a plurality of at least audio output devices, each paging system also including an interface to a computer network for bidirectional communications of at least audio messages with a displaced, common, source, and where at least some of the messages are transmitted in accordance with a predetermined priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for use with:
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a first plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displacable from one another and installable in a first zone of a building being monitored;
a second plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displacable from one another and installable in a second zone of a building, the apparatus comprising control circuits couplable to the first and second pluralities, the control circuits, in response to received commands, select at least one of the pluralities and couple prioritized verbal messages received from a displaced source thereto; and
an interface to a computer network, the interface is coupled to the control circuits, the interface receives commands and verbal messages from the displaced source and forwards same to the control circuits, the control circuits couple received verbal messages to the respective plurality in accordance with an associated indicium of priority. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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source software for accepting an identification of at least one facility and at least one region therein into which audio is to be broadcast, on a prioritized basis, via a local paging audio system and associated control element installed in the facility;
communications software for establishing communications, via a computer network, with destination software for transmitting at least a facility identifier, a region identifier, a region identifier, and a representation of a the audio to be broadcast; and
destination software, responsive to a received facility identifier and a received region identifier for interacting with the local paging audio system to control broadcasting prioritized audio into the identifier facility and region. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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