METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN ALERT MESSAGE
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Abstract
A method of generating an alert message, the method including the steps of: a) inputting a location identifier into a communication unit; b) transmitting the location identifier from the communication unit to a central monitoring station; c) receiving the location identifier at the central monitoring station; d) retrieving information associated with the received location identifier from a database; and e) outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved information. And also a method of generating an alert message including the steps of: a) storing one or more schedule records, each schedule record including a time range and associated schedule information; b) receiving a duress message from a remote communication unit; c) determining a receipt time of the duress message; d) selecting a schedule record having a time range which incorporates the receipt time; e) retrieving the schedule information from the selected schedule record; and f) outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved schedule information.
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25 Claims
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11. A method of generating an alert message including the steps of:
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a) storing one or more schedule records, each schedule record including a time range and associated schedule information;
b) receiving a duress message from a remote communication unit;
c) determining a receipt time of the duress message;
d) selecting a schedule record having a time range which incorporates the receipt time;
e) retrieving the schedule information from the selected schedule record; and
f) outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved schedule information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of generating an alert message including the steps of:
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a) storing two or more schedule records, each schedule record including a time indicator and associated schedule information, wherein at least two of the schedule records contain different time indicators and different schedule information;
b) retrieving schedule information from a schedule record at a time specified by its associated time indicator; and
c) outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved schedule information, wherein steps b) and c) are performed at a specific time only if an OK message has not been received prior to the specific time. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Apparatus for generating an alert message, the apparatus including:
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a communication unit including an input device for receiving a location identifier, and a transmitter for transmitting the location identifier; and
a receiver for receiving the location identifier;
means for retrieving information associated with the received location identifier from a database; and
means for outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved information.
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24. Apparatus for generating an alert message, the apparatus including:
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a) means for storing two or more schedule records, each schedule record including a time range and associated schedule information, wherein at least two if the schedule records contain different time ranges and different schedule information;
b) a receiver for retrieving a duress message from a remote communication unit;
c) means for determining a receipt time of the duress message;
d) means for selecting a schedule record having a time range which incorporated the receipt time;
e) means for retrieving the schedule information from the selected schedule record; and
f) means for outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved schedule information.
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25. Apparatus for generating an alert message including:
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a) means for storing one or more schedule records, each schedule record including a time indicator and associated schedule information;
b) means for retrieving schedule information from a schedule record at a time specified by its associated time indicator; and
c) means for outputting an alert message which varies in accordance with the retrieved schedule information, wherein steps b) and c) are performed at a specific time only if an OK message has not been received prior to the specific time.
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