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Apparatus and method for reporting verification testing of a personal emergency response system

  • US 4,884,059 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1988
  • Issued: 11/28/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for reporting verification testing of a personal emergency response system including a remote subscriber station capable of transmitting messages over a communications link to a central station, comprising:

  • portable activator means selectively operable for generating an activating signal at the subscriber station;

    subscriber unit means disposed within the subscriber station and normally operative in response to said activating signal for transmitting one or more messages over the communications link to the central station;

    latch assembly means coupled to said subscriber unit means and operative in response to said activating signal for indicating operational status of said subscriber unit means and said portable activator means in combination during a predetermined period of time; and

    verification timing/logic means for clocking said predetermined period of time and operative in response to expiration of said predetermined period of time for effecting activation of said subscriber unit means to poll said latch assembly means to determine said operational status thereof and to transmit a system test message indicative of said operational status of said latch assembly means to the central station.

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