Automatic telephonic user emergency message transmitting apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus for automatically transmitting over a telephone line aural messages humanly intelligible as spoken words and indicative of a user emergency, comprising a base station including(i) solid-state message storage means having digitally preencoded therein at least one aural message;
- (ii) converter means for providing an analog signal capable of generating an aural presentation of said message;
(iii) keyboard means for inputting digital data representing at least one telephone number;
(iv) signal processing means including(a) solid-state digital data storage means;
(b) a clock means for providing an alarm-time-signal at a selected alarm time;
(c) means for generating a user-disabled-signal a given length of time after the occurrence of said alarm-time-signal;
(d) control means responsive to said user-disabled-signal for activating said data storage means to provide on an output terminal a signal train capable of initiating automatic dialing of at least one telephone number and for activating said message storage means to transmit on said output terminal said analog signal;
(v) switch means activatable by a user for preventing the generation of said user-disabled-signal; and
(vi) an alphanumeric display coupled to said keyboard means and to said signal processing means for enabling verification of keyboard entered data.
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Abstract
An automatic telephonic message transmission apparatus is disclosed which includes a base station and preferably a remote unit for receiving inputs indicative of various operator emergency conditions and for thereupon automatically sequentially dialing a plurality of preselected telephone numbers, and for thereupon transmitting aural messages indicative of the alarm condition. The apparatus includes solid state memories for storing a digital representation of aural messages, keyboard for inputting information such as selected telephone numbers, alarm times, etc., and a controller for acting on the input signals and keyboard entered data for controlling the automatic dialing operations.
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9 Claims
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1. Apparatus for automatically transmitting over a telephone line aural messages humanly intelligible as spoken words and indicative of a user emergency, comprising a base station including
(i) solid-state message storage means having digitally preencoded therein at least one aural message; -
(ii) converter means for providing an analog signal capable of generating an aural presentation of said message; (iii) keyboard means for inputting digital data representing at least one telephone number; (iv) signal processing means including (a) solid-state digital data storage means; (b) a clock means for providing an alarm-time-signal at a selected alarm time; (c) means for generating a user-disabled-signal a given length of time after the occurrence of said alarm-time-signal; (d) control means responsive to said user-disabled-signal for activating said data storage means to provide on an output terminal a signal train capable of initiating automatic dialing of at least one telephone number and for activating said message storage means to transmit on said output terminal said analog signal; (v) switch means activatable by a user for preventing the generation of said user-disabled-signal; and (vi) an alphanumeric display coupled to said keyboard means and to said signal processing means for enabling verification of keyboard entered data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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