Internet facilitated emergency and general paging system
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displaced from one another and installed in a first zone of a building being monitored;
a second plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displaced from one another and installed in a second zone of a building;
control circuits coupled to the first and second pluralities, the control circuits, in response to received commands, select at least one of the pluralities and couple prioritized verbal messages received from a displaced source thereto; and
an interface to a computer network, the interface is coupled to the control circuits, the interface receives commands and verbal messages from the displaced source and forwards same to the control circuits, the control circuits couple received verbal messages to the respective plurality in accordance with an associated indicium of priority.
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Abstract
A plurality of displaced paging systems can be controlled from a common paging facility via a computer network such as the Internet. Real-time streaming audio can be transmitted, via the network to one or more identified facilities and/or zones and broadcast thereinto.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displaced from one another and installed in a first zone of a building being monitored; a second plurality of audio output devices, the members of the plurality are displaced from one another and installed in a second zone of a building; control circuits coupled to the first and second pluralities, the control circuits, in response to received commands, select at least one of the pluralities and couple prioritized verbal messages received from a displaced source thereto; and an interface to a computer network, the interface is coupled to the control circuits, the interface receives commands and verbal messages from the displaced source and forwards same to the control circuits, the control circuits couple received verbal messages to the respective plurality in accordance with an associated indicium of priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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source software for accepting an identification of at least one facility and at least one region therein into which audio is to be broadcast, on a prioritized basis, via a local paging audio system and associated control element installed in the facility; communications software for establishing communications, via a computer network, with destination software for transmitting at least a facility identifier, a region identifier, and a representation of the audio to be broadcast; and destination software, responsive to a received facility identifier and a received region identifier for interacting with the local paging audio system to control broadcasting prioritized audio into the identified facility and region, where the destination software includes audio and video processing software to transmit local audio and video to the source software, via the computer network, for audible and visual presentation local to the source software. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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