Communication systems and methods to broadcast audio or control to a remotely located device
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a first communication device, the first communication device disposed at and affixed to a site at which a deceased party resides, the first communication device comprising;
a communication interface to receive a communication signal transmitted from a user operating a second communication device at a remote location;
a resource to produce a perceptible output; and
a processor device to process the communication signal received from the second communication device and control the resource to produce and direct the perceptible output to the deceased party;
wherein the perceptible output is an audio communication originated by the user operating the second communication device; and
wherein the user operating the second communication device is knowledgeable that the deceased party resides at the site and that the audio communication is outputted to the deceased party;
wherein the second communication device is a phone device, the user inputting a unique identifier assigned to the first communication device into the second communication device to establish a call connection between the second communication device and the first communication device; and
wherein the first communication device automatically accepts an incoming call from the second communication device on behalf of the deceased party to establish the call connection on which to convey the communication signal.
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Abstract
This disclosure enables a respective user to show support to a person of interest. One configuration includes a network (e.g., phone network, Internet, etc.) configured to receive input from a respective user (e.g., family member, friend, etc.) and control a remotely located device. The remote device can be located at any suitable locations such as a gravesite of a deceased party, a hospital room in which a disabled patient resides, etc. Via input from a respective user, the respective user can control different functions of a remote target device such as audibly communicate one or more messages in a vicinity of the gravesite, control a remote device such as light source (such as a candle, light emitting diode, etc.), etc.
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30 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a first communication device, the first communication device disposed at and affixed to a site at which a deceased party resides, the first communication device comprising; a communication interface to receive a communication signal transmitted from a user operating a second communication device at a remote location; a resource to produce a perceptible output; and a processor device to process the communication signal received from the second communication device and control the resource to produce and direct the perceptible output to the deceased party; wherein the perceptible output is an audio communication originated by the user operating the second communication device; and wherein the user operating the second communication device is knowledgeable that the deceased party resides at the site and that the audio communication is outputted to the deceased party; wherein the second communication device is a phone device, the user inputting a unique identifier assigned to the first communication device into the second communication device to establish a call connection between the second communication device and the first communication device; and wherein the first communication device automatically accepts an incoming call from the second communication device on behalf of the deceased party to establish the call connection on which to convey the communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving a communication signal at a first communication device, transmission of the communication signal initiated by a user operating a second communication device at a remote location with respect to the first communication device, the first communication device disposed at a site in which a called party resides, the user attempting to communicate with the first communication device; processing the communication signal; and controlling the first communication device to produce a perceptible output at the site, the perceptible output directed to the called party and produced in a manner as indicated by the communication signal received from the second communication device, the called party at the site being deceased and incapable of responding to the perceptible output, the first communication device affixed to the site at which the deceased party resides; wherein the user is a first party; wherein the communication signal is a first communication signal, the method further comprising; establishing an active communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device, the user of the second communication device generating the first communication signal to control the first communication device while the communication session is active; during the active communication session;
i) receiving a second communication signal, the second communication signal received from a second party attempting to communicate with the first communication device, and ii) storing the second communication signal in a repository; andsubsequent to termination of the active communication session, controlling the perceptible output of the first communication device in accordance with the second communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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