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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1992
Calvert T Hawkes, Providence, RI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for interactively providing selected site-specific messages asynchronously at a plurality of separate sites. At least one site-specific message is stored in an addressable memory for each site and is read out to control the output on an output device located at the site in response to the operation of an input device also located at the site. A plurality of site-specific messages may be stored for each site with the message to be read out from the addressable store and provided at the associated output device being selected in response to appropriate operation of the input device. The input device may also be initially utilized to select the appropriate message for a given site and to select a desired volume for the site.