Emergency communication system
First Claim
1. An emergency communication system capable of distributing audible messages to a protected area comprising at least one protected zone, said system comprising:
- a processing element and a memory unit;
a first speaker assembly associated with said processing element, said first speaker assembly comprising a first speaker circuit and one or more speakers being located within a first protected zone;
a second speaker assembly associated with said processing element, said second speaker assembly comprising a second speaker circuit and one or more speakers located within a second protected zone; and
at least one peripheral device installed within said each of said first and second protected zones selected from the group consisting of an alarm pull station, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a gas detector,said processing element configured to automatically transmit a pre-recorded voice message from the memory unit to said first protected zone speakers upon the at least one peripheral device alerting the processing element of an emergency situation,said processing element operable to preempt said pre-recorded voice message based on detecting a first live, spoken message received in response to said peripheral device alerting the processing element of said emergency situation and transmit said first live, spoken message through said first speaker circuit to said first protected zone speakers, store said first live, spoken message in said memory unit as it is being transmitted through said first speaker circuit, and cause said first live, spoken message to be repeated a plurality of times as a first repeated message through said first speaker assembly speakers,said processing element operable to transmit a second live, spoken message through said second speaker circuit to said second protected zone, store said second message in said memory unit as it is being transmitted through said second speaker circuit, and cause said second message to be repeated a plurality of times as a second repeated message through said second speaker assembly speakers simultaneously while said first repeated message is repeated through said first speaker assembly wherein said second repeated message is transmitted based on detecting said second live, spoken message and based on a detection by said processor element that said first repeated message has been transmitted through said first speaker assembly speakers.
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Abstract
An emergency communication system that is capable of broadcasting a live message to a specific zone of a protected structure, recording the live transmission, and repeating the recorded message to the same protected zone. In certain embodiments configured to protect multiple zones, the system further permits broadcast of a second live message to another zone of the structure, recording the second live broadcast, and repeating the second recorded message in the same zone to which the message was broadcast live. The system includes hardware such as a processing element and speaker assemblies and a computer program for instructing the processing element to carry out the transmission, recording, and re-broadcasting of messages through the speaker assemblies.
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19 Claims
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1. An emergency communication system capable of distributing audible messages to a protected area comprising at least one protected zone, said system comprising:
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a processing element and a memory unit; a first speaker assembly associated with said processing element, said first speaker assembly comprising a first speaker circuit and one or more speakers being located within a first protected zone; a second speaker assembly associated with said processing element, said second speaker assembly comprising a second speaker circuit and one or more speakers located within a second protected zone; and at least one peripheral device installed within said each of said first and second protected zones selected from the group consisting of an alarm pull station, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a gas detector, said processing element configured to automatically transmit a pre-recorded voice message from the memory unit to said first protected zone speakers upon the at least one peripheral device alerting the processing element of an emergency situation, said processing element operable to preempt said pre-recorded voice message based on detecting a first live, spoken message received in response to said peripheral device alerting the processing element of said emergency situation and transmit said first live, spoken message through said first speaker circuit to said first protected zone speakers, store said first live, spoken message in said memory unit as it is being transmitted through said first speaker circuit, and cause said first live, spoken message to be repeated a plurality of times as a first repeated message through said first speaker assembly speakers, said processing element operable to transmit a second live, spoken message through said second speaker circuit to said second protected zone, store said second message in said memory unit as it is being transmitted through said second speaker circuit, and cause said second message to be repeated a plurality of times as a second repeated message through said second speaker assembly speakers simultaneously while said first repeated message is repeated through said first speaker assembly wherein said second repeated message is transmitted based on detecting said second live, spoken message and based on a detection by said processor element that said first repeated message has been transmitted through said first speaker assembly speakers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for distributing audible messages to an area protected by an emergency communication system, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the steps of automatically transmitting a pre-recorded voice message to one or more first protected zone speakers of a first speaker assembly upon at least one peripheral device alerting the processor of an emergency situation, said at least one peripheral device selected from the group consisting of an alarm pull station, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a gas detector, said at least one peripheral device and said first protected zone speakers being located within a first protected zone within said protected area;
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receiving a first live, spoken message preempting said pre-recorded voice message based on detecting said first live, spoken message received in response to said peripheral device alerting the processor of said emergency situation; transmitting said first live, spoken message through said first speaker assembly of said emergency communication system comprising said one or more first protected zone speakers storing said first message as it is being transmitted through said first speaker assembly; repeating said stored first live, spoken message as a stored first message a plurality of times as a first recorded message through said first protected zone speakers;
receiving a second live, spoken message;transmitting said second live, spoken message through a second speaker assembly of said emergency communication system comprising one ore more second protected zone speakers located in a second protected zone within said protected area; storing said second live, spoken message as a stored second message as it is being transmitted through said second speaker assembly; and repeating said store second message as a second recorded message through said second protected zone speakers simultaneously while said first recorded message is repeated through said first speaker assembly, wherein said second recorded message is transmitted based on detecting said second live, spoken message and based on a detection by said processor that said first recorded message has been transmitted through said first protected zone speakers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for distributing audible messages to an area protected by an emergency communication system comprising:
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receiving a first live, spoken message; preempting a pre-recorded voice message and transmitting said first live, spoken message through a first speaker assembly of said emergency communication system based on detecting said first live, spoken message received in response to at least one peripheral device alerting a processor of said emergency situation, said first speaker assembly comprising one or more speakers located in a first protected zone within said protected area, said at least one peripheral device installed within said first protected zone and selected from the group consisting of an alarm pull station, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a gas detector; storing said first live, spoken message as a stored first message as it is being transmitted through said first speaker assembly; repeating said stored first message a plurality of times as a first recorded message through said first protected zone speakers;
receiving a second live, spoken message;transmitting said second live, spoken message through a second speaker assembly of said emergency communication system comprising one or more speakers located in a second protected zone within said protected area; storing said second live, spoken message as a stored second message as it is being transmitted through said second speaker assembly; and repeating said stored second message as a second recorded message through said second protected zone speakers; wherein said second recorded message is transmitted based on detecting said second live, spoken message and based on detecting that said first recorded message has been transmitted through said first protected zone speakers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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