SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN EMERGENCY MESSAGE OVER AN INTEGRATED WIRELESS NETWORK
First Claim
1. In a system for communicating emergency messages that includes wireless communication devices, the system comprising:
- a device incorporating at least one emergency message transceiver having a first identification code and configured to generate an emergency message, anda transceiver network, the transceiver network further comprising;
a plurality of network transceivers, each network transceiver having a unique identification code and configured to communicate the emergency message with other network transceivers over a predetermined path selected from a plurality of possible paths;
the emergency message transceiver configured to communicate the emergency message with at least one of the network transceivers; and
at least one site controller coupled to the transceiver unit configured to redefine communication paths when failure of a network transceiver along the predetermined path is detected and transmit path information for a redefined path to one or more transceivers in the network.
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Abstract
An emergency message system provides a system and method for generating and transmitting emergency messages. In one embodiment, the emergency message system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to monitoring devices residing at a plurality of customer premises. Control room operators receive an emergency message from an identifiable transceiver. The transceiver, identified by an identification code, indicates a location and the nature of the emergency condition so that the control operators may request appropriate emergency assistance.
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20 Claims
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1. In a system for communicating emergency messages that includes wireless communication devices, the system comprising:
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a device incorporating at least one emergency message transceiver having a first identification code and configured to generate an emergency message, and a transceiver network, the transceiver network further comprising; a plurality of network transceivers, each network transceiver having a unique identification code and configured to communicate the emergency message with other network transceivers over a predetermined path selected from a plurality of possible paths; the emergency message transceiver configured to communicate the emergency message with at least one of the network transceivers; and at least one site controller coupled to the transceiver unit configured to redefine communication paths when failure of a network transceiver along the predetermined path is detected and transmit path information for a redefined path to one or more transceivers in the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for transmitting emergency messages, the system comprising:
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a first transceiver configured to detect an emergency message from a second transceiver and configured to transmit the emergency message and a first identification code to a third transceiver designated by a predetermined network path, the first identification code uniquely associated with the first transceiver such that a location of the first transceiver is determined by associating the first identification code with information residing in a database that includes at least the location of the first transceiver; and a site controller configured to communicate the emergency message between any one of the first, second, or third transceivers and an intermediary communication system; the third transceiver configured to detect the first emergency message and configured to transmit the first emergency message and a second identification code associated with the third transceiver such that the location of the third transceiver is determined by associating the second identification code with information residing in the database that includes at least the location of the third transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for communicating emergency messages, the system comprising:
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a monitoring device having a first transceiver with a first identification code, the monitoring device configured to monitor a predetermined parameter and generate an emergency message if the value of the parameter is outside a predetermined range; a plurality of network transceivers, each network transceiver having a unique identification code and configured to communicate the emergency message with other network transceivers over a predetermined path selected from a plurality of possible paths; a site controller in communication with the monitoring device via at least one network transceiver, the site controller configured to communicate the emergency message from the monitoring device to an intermediary communication system, the site controller comprising logic configured to redefine the predetermined path when failure of a network transceiver along the predetermined path is detected and transmitting path information for the redefined path to transceivers along the redefined path. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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