AUTOMATIC OUTAGE ALERT SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An outage notification system comprising:
- a first communication network communicatively coupling a plurality of first communication units;
a second communication network communicatively coupling a plurality of second communication units;
a plurality of first communication units;
a network monitoring unit communicatively coupled to the first communication network and configured to detect a failure in at least one of the plurality of first communication units or the first communication network;
the plurality of second communication units communicatively coupled to the second communication network and associated with corresponding first communication units; and
a message alert unit communicatively coupled to the first and second communication networks and configured to receive an alert notification from the network monitoring unit via the first communication network indicating a failure in at least one of the first communication units or the first communication network,wherein,the message alert unit is configured to transmit a message via the second communication network to at least one of the second communication units associated with at least one of the first communication units affected by the failure.
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Abstract
An outage notification system is provided which includes a first communication network, a second communication network, a plurality of first communication units communicatively coupled to the first communication network and the second communication network, a network monitoring unit communicatively coupled to the first communication network and configured to detect a failure in at least one of the plurality of first communication units or the first communication network, a plurality of second communication units communicatively coupled to the second communication network and associated with corresponding first communication units, and a message alert unit communicatively coupled to the first and second communication networks and configured to receive an alert notification from the network monitoring unit via the first communication network indicating a failure in at least one of the first communication units or the first communication network.
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21 Claims
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1. An outage notification system comprising:
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a first communication network communicatively coupling a plurality of first communication units; a second communication network communicatively coupling a plurality of second communication units; a plurality of first communication units; a network monitoring unit communicatively coupled to the first communication network and configured to detect a failure in at least one of the plurality of first communication units or the first communication network; the plurality of second communication units communicatively coupled to the second communication network and associated with corresponding first communication units; and a message alert unit communicatively coupled to the first and second communication networks and configured to receive an alert notification from the network monitoring unit via the first communication network indicating a failure in at least one of the first communication units or the first communication network, wherein, the message alert unit is configured to transmit a message via the second communication network to at least one of the second communication units associated with at least one of the first communication units affected by the failure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of notifying a plurality of first communication units and second communication units of a first communication network failure comprising the steps of:
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detecting a failure in the one of a plurality of first communication units or the first communication network via a network monitoring unit communicatively coupled to the first communication network; sending an alert notification from the network monitoring unit to a message alert unit via the first communication network; selecting a message stored on the message alert unit based on the alert notification; determining which of a plurality of first communication units and a plurality of second communication units associated with corresponding first communication units receive the message; and transmitting the message from the message alert unit via a second communication network to the first communication units and second communication units determined to receive the message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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