GLOBAL EMERGENCY ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An emergency event reporting apparatus that operates in conjunction with a satellite-based data relay system, the emergency event reporting apparatus comprising:
- an emergency alert transmission system for transmitting emergency alert messages upon detection of an emergency event, the emergency alert transmission system comprising;
one or more emergency alert sensors for detecting characteristics associated with the emergency event and generating one or more sensor signals based thereon;
an alarm control panel for receiving the one or more sensor signals and providing one or more alarm signals based on the one or more sensor signals; and
an alarm beacon unit for receiving the alarm signals and transmitting an alert message based on the one or more alarm signals, the alert message including identification information and alert message information regarding the one or more alarm signals, the alarm beacon unit for transmitting the alert message at a frequency and in a format compatible with reception and processing by satellites associated with the satellite-based data relay system; and
an emergency alert management system in communication with the satellite-based data relay system, the emergency alert management system operable to receive communications from the satellite-based data relay system, and to extract from the communications the identification information and the alert message information.
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Abstract
An emergency event reporting apparatus operates in conjunction with a satellite-based data relay system. The emergency event reporting apparatus includes an emergency alert transmission system and an emergency alert management system. The emergency alert transmission system transmits emergency alert messages upon detection of an emergency event. The emergency alert transmission system includes one or more emergency alert sensors, an alarm control panel and an alarm beacon unit. The emergency alert sensors detect characteristics associated with the emergency event and generate sensor signals based thereon. The alarm control panel receives the sensor signals and generates alarm signals based thereon. The alarm beacon unit receives the alarm signals and transmits an alert message based on the alarm signals. The alert message includes identification information and alert message information regarding the alarm signals. The alarm beacon unit transmits the alert message at a frequency and in a format compatible with reception and processing by satellites associated with the satellite-based data relay system. The emergency alert management system is operable to receive communications from the satellite-based data relay system, and to extract the identification information and the alert message information from the communications.
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20 Claims
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1. An emergency event reporting apparatus that operates in conjunction with a satellite-based data relay system, the emergency event reporting apparatus comprising:
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an emergency alert transmission system for transmitting emergency alert messages upon detection of an emergency event, the emergency alert transmission system comprising; one or more emergency alert sensors for detecting characteristics associated with the emergency event and generating one or more sensor signals based thereon; an alarm control panel for receiving the one or more sensor signals and providing one or more alarm signals based on the one or more sensor signals; and an alarm beacon unit for receiving the alarm signals and transmitting an alert message based on the one or more alarm signals, the alert message including identification information and alert message information regarding the one or more alarm signals, the alarm beacon unit for transmitting the alert message at a frequency and in a format compatible with reception and processing by satellites associated with the satellite-based data relay system; and an emergency alert management system in communication with the satellite-based data relay system, the emergency alert management system operable to receive communications from the satellite-based data relay system, and to extract from the communications the identification information and the alert message information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for transmitting notice of an emergency event from an emergency event reporting apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting one or more characteristics associated with the emergency event and generating one or more alarm signals based thereon; (b) transmitting an alert message at a frequency and in a format compatible with reception and processing by satellites associated with a satellite-based data relay system, the alert message including identification information and alert message information regarding the one or more alarm signals; (c) relaying the alert message via the satellite-based data relay system to an emergency alert management system; (d) extracting at least the identification information from the alert message; (e) determining an emergency alert recipient system to be notified of the emergency event, where the determination is based at least in part on the identification information; and (f) notifying the emergency alert recipient system of the emergency event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for transmitting notice of an emergency event, the apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting one or more characteristics associated with the emergency event and generating one or more alarm signals based thereon; means for transmitting an alert message at a frequency and in a format compatible with reception and processing by satellites associated with a satellite-based data relay system, the alert message including identification information and alert message information regarding the one or more alarm signals; means for relaying the alert message via the satellite-based data relay system to an emergency alert management system; means for extracting at least the identification information from the alert message; means for determining an emergency alert recipient system to be notified of the emergency event, where the determination is based at least in part on the identification information; and means for notifying the emergency alert recipient system of the emergency event.
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