Paging relay controller and methods thereof
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a paging relay for processing a network stream;
wherein said paging relay is configured using a dynamic host configuration protocol, said configured paging relay receiving said network stream as a unicast stream from a source through a wide area network and rebroadcasted as a multicast stream to a local area network for local devices, and wherein said paging relay receives power using a power over Ethernet standard.
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Abstract
The present application generally relates to a public address system, and more particularly, to a paging relay controller within the public address system and methods thereof. In an illustrative embodiment, the paging relay is configured through a dynamic host configuration protocol server. After configuration, the paging relay can process incoming network streams. The paging relay can receive an incoming network stream from a source typically in the form of a unicast stream. The stream can be transported over a wide area network that commonly does not support multicast transmissions. After receiving the unicast stream, the paging relay converts the unicast stream into a multicast stream. The paging relay then rebroadcasts the multicast stream over a local area network to local subscribing devices. In one embodiment, the paging relay can also convert the unicast stream to line level audio for transmission to an analog system via the RCA phono port.
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16 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a paging relay for processing a network stream; wherein said paging relay is configured using a dynamic host configuration protocol, said configured paging relay receiving said network stream as a unicast stream from a source through a wide area network and rebroadcasted as a multicast stream to a local area network for local devices, and wherein said paging relay receives power using a power over Ethernet standard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method on a paging relay for providing notifications across an enterprise, said method comprising:
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receiving a unicast transmission from a notification server over a wide area network; converting said unicast transmission into a multicast transmission; and broadcasting said multicast transmission over a local area network; wherein said unicast transmission is received when a user of said notification system dials a notification group directory number associated with said paging relay. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method on a paging relay for providing notifications across an enterprise, said method comprising:
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receiving a unicast transmission from a notification server over a wide area network; converting said unicast transmission into a multicast transmission; and broadcasting said multicast transmission over a local area network; wherein said unicast transmission is an emergency alert.
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15. A paging relay controller comprising:
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at least one processor; and a memory operatively coupled to said processor, said memory storing program instructions which, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to; receive a unicast stream from an announce server through a wide area network; convert said unicast stream into a multicast stream; relay said multicast stream to both a network and line-out ports for delivery to analog paging systems; wherein said memory storing program instructions, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to configure said paging relay controller using a dynamic host configuration protocol; wherein said dynamic host configuration protocol automatically configures said paging relay controller when said dynamic host configuration protocol is configured to deliver an IP address of said announce server via option 72. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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