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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2008
Anthony J. Zerillo, Kansas City, MO (US);
Gregory K. Embry, Leawood, KS (US);
Anthony J. Zerillo, Kansas City, MO (US);
Gregory K. Embry, Leawood, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
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.