US Patent:
20060068752, Mar 30, 2006
Inventors:
Yonghao Lin - Lake in the Hills IL, US
Sreepad Gopalarao - Rolling Meadows IL, US
Peter Hux - Downers Grove IL, US
Barry Kogan - Arlington Heights IL, US
Carl Kraco - Carol Stream IL, US
International Classification:
H04M 11/04
Abstract:
A first server () includes an alarm interface, receiving alarm notifications () from alarm generating equipment (); a communication interface, transmitting/receiving communications via a communication network (); and a processor. The processor can receive alarm notification(s) via the alarm interface; convert the alarm notification(s) to alarm information; determine recipient(s) corresponding to the alarm notification(s); and, responsive to receipt of the alarm notification(s), transmit communication(s), associated with dispatch call information and alarm information, over the network () to the recipient (). A second server () includes a first communication interface, transmitting/receiving communications via the communication network (); a second communication interface, transmitting/receiving communications via a dispatch network (); and a processor. The processor can receive the communication, e.g., a dispatch call request via the first communication interface; transform the at least one dispatch call request into a dispatch call; and transmit the dispatch call via the second communication interface.