Deluxe emergency notification

摘要

An emergency notification system is provided including a switching unit, a plurality of communications devices communicatively in communication with the switching unit, an emergency response unit in communication with the switching unit, a plurality of receiving units in communication with the switching unit. Each of the communications devices is configured to transmit an emergency notification to the switching unit which includes a message and at least one receiving unit address. Further, the switching unit is configured to receive the emergency notification from at least one of the plurality of communication devices and to rebroadcast the emergency notification contained in the message to the emergency response unit and to the receiving unit corresponding to the receiving unit address.

主权项

1. An emergency notification system comprising:
a switching unit; an emergency response unit in communication with the switching unit; a client storage unit configured to store a plurality of receiving unit addresses associated with a plurality of client identifiers; and a message storage unit configured to store a plurality of messages associated with the plurality of client identifiers; wherein,
the switching unit is configured to, in response to detecting an alert sent from a client, transmit the alert to the emergency response unit;the switching unit is configured to transmit an identifier associated with the client to the client storage unit and the message storage unit;the client storage unit is configured to:
retrieve at least one receiving unit address associated with the identifier, at least one information gathering device address, and at least one information forwarding address; andtransmit the retrieved receiving unit address, the information gathering device address, and the information forwarding address to the switching unit;the message storage unit is configured to retrieve at least one emergency notification message associated with the identifier and to transmit the retrieved message to the switching unit; andthe switching unit is configured to:
retrieve information from the information gathering device;transmit the retrieved message to the retrieved receiving unit address; andtransmit the retrieved information to the information forwarding address.