EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS
First Claim
1. An emergency notification system for an area, the system comprising:
- a central server;
an administrative work station communicably coupled to the central server, wherein the administrative work station is accessible only by an authorized administrator;
a database communicably coupled to the central server, the database including a floor plan of the area, wherein the database is accessible and modifiable by the authorized administrator at the administrative work station; and
a remote device at a particular location in the area, the remote device communicably coupled to the central server, the remote device is accessible only by an authorized user, the remote device capable of communicating securely to the database the particular location of the remote device and the crisis status of the particular location.
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Abstract
The present invention is related to systems and methods for identifying and reporting a crisis status. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises a central server; an administrative work station communicably coupled to the central server, wherein the administrative work station is accessible only by an authorized administrator; a database communicably coupled to the central server, the database including a floor plan of the area, wherein the database is accessible and modifiable by the authorized administrator at the administrative work station; and a remote device at a particular location in the area, the remote device communicably coupled to the central server, the remote device capable of communicating securely to the database the particular location of the remote device and the crisis status of the particular location.
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1. An emergency notification system for an area, the system comprising:
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a central server; an administrative work station communicably coupled to the central server, wherein the administrative work station is accessible only by an authorized administrator; a database communicably coupled to the central server, the database including a floor plan of the area, wherein the database is accessible and modifiable by the authorized administrator at the administrative work station; and a remote device at a particular location in the area, the remote device communicably coupled to the central server, the remote device is accessible only by an authorized user, the remote device capable of communicating securely to the database the particular location of the remote device and the crisis status of the particular location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of remotely communicating a crisis status of a particular location to an authority, the method comprising:
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communicating the particular location of an authorized user to a database via a remote device, wherein the database is communicably coupled to a central server and the database includes a floor plan of the area; and selecting an indicator that correlates with the crisis status of the particular location, wherein selecting the indicator updates the floor plan in the database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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