Integrating a trigger button module into a mass audio notification system
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1. A device for use in communicating with a Mass Notification Management Center (MNMC), the device comprising:
- a trigger button module comprising a first microphone and at least one activatable button;
a remote speaker comprising a second microphone, the speaker for producing audio audible to a user of said device;
a connector connecting the trigger button module to the speaker;
wherein said speaker is Internet Protocol (IP) capable and is remotely controllable to produce said audio;
wherein said device is intended for mass audio communications;
wherein said trigger button module triggers at least one predefined action related to communications between said speaker and a destination communications device,wherein said communications comprises placing a call between said speaker and said destination communications device using an IP link establishment protocol;
wherein said speaker communicates status of said trigger button module to said MNMC;
wherein a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is accessed when said at least one activatable button is activated;
wherein the speaker receives an audio message sent to a plurality of speakers;
and whereineither the first microphone or the second microphone is used depending on at least one of;
(1) state of the trigger button module, and(2) state of said corresponding speaker connected to the trigger button module.
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Abstract
An IP-enabled speaker with a trigger button module. Activation of the button on the trigger button module activates an audio link between a user of the speaker and a user of a destination communications device.
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1. A device for use in communicating with a Mass Notification Management Center (MNMC), the device comprising:
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a trigger button module comprising a first microphone and at least one activatable button; a remote speaker comprising a second microphone, the speaker for producing audio audible to a user of said device; a connector connecting the trigger button module to the speaker; wherein said speaker is Internet Protocol (IP) capable and is remotely controllable to produce said audio; wherein said device is intended for mass audio communications; wherein said trigger button module triggers at least one predefined action related to communications between said speaker and a destination communications device, wherein said communications comprises placing a call between said speaker and said destination communications device using an IP link establishment protocol; wherein said speaker communicates status of said trigger button module to said MNMC; wherein a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is accessed when said at least one activatable button is activated; wherein the speaker receives an audio message sent to a plurality of speakers; and wherein either the first microphone or the second microphone is used depending on at least one of; (1) state of the trigger button module, and (2) state of said corresponding speaker connected to the trigger button module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11)
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6. A method for initiating a communications link between a speaker and a destination client device:
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said speaker one of a plurality of speakers being intended for mass audio communications; the method comprising; a) detecting, by the speaker, an activation of a trigger button on a remote trigger button module; b) transmitting a setup communication from said speaker to a management server, said setup communication being in compliance with an IP link establishment protocol; c) receiving an alert communication from said destination client device; d) activating a microphone of the trigger button module for a user at a location of said speaker, said speaker comprising a second microphone; e) establishing an audio communications path between said speaker and said destination client device, said audio communications path established being in compliance with an IP link establishment protocol; and f) communicating status of said trigger button module to said management server; wherein a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is accessed when said trigger button is activated; and wherein either the first microphone or the second microphone is used depending on at least one of; (1) state of the trigger button module, and (2) state of said corresponding speaker. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10)
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12. A mass audio notification system comprising:
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a Mass Notification Management Center (MNMC); a plurality of destination communication devices connected to said MNMC via a network; a plurality of speakers interconnected with said MNMC via said network, wherein each of said plurality of speakers is Internet Protocol (IP) capable and is remotely controllable to produce audio, and wherein each of said plurality of speakers receives an audio message from the MNMC for mass audio communications; and a corresponding one or more remote trigger button modules connected to a corresponding one of said plurality of speakers, each of the one or more trigger button modules coupled to a corresponding speaker using a connector, wherein said corresponding one or more trigger button modules triggers at least one predefined action related to communications between the corresponding speaker and said at least one of the plurality of destination communications devices, wherein said communications comprise; establishing an audio link between said corresponding speaker and said at least one destination communications device using an IP link establishment protocol, and placing at least one call over an audio link between said corresponding speaker and said at least one destination communications devices and wherein each of said corresponding one or more trigger button modules comprises at least one activatable button;
wherein a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is accessed when said at least one activatable button is activated;wherein one of said corresponding one or more trigger button modules comprises a microphone; and wherein said corresponding speaker comprises a second microphone; and either the first microphone or the second microphone is used depending on at least one of; (1) state of the one of said corresponding one or more trigger button modules, and (2) state of said corresponding speaker. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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