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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Calvert T. Hawkes, Sarasota, FL (US);
Island Software, Inc., Sarasota, FL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for interactively providing selected messages asynchronously at a plurality of separate sites. At least one message is stored in an addressable memory for each site and is read out to control the output on an output device for the site in response to die operation of an input device for the site. A plurality of 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 an appropriate message for a given site and to select a desired volume for the site.