Safety awareness system
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsBrandon Glenn Gregory, Jonathon A. Taylor, Kevin Allen Crass, Jesse Austin Griggs, Steve Marmon
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Abstract
The disclosure describes, in one aspect, a method of providing notification data. A user can input notification data at a terminal in response to one or more prompts. The notification data is transmitted from the terminal to a centralized server. The centralized server stores the notification data. The centralized server may be polled to obtain the notification data stored by the centralized server. Finally, notification display systems display a visual indication of the notification data.
Claims20
A method of providing a visual representation of notification data in a computing network, the computing network including at least one terminal and at least one centralized server, the method comprising the steps of:
- inputting the notification data at a terminal in response to one or more prompts;
- transmitting the notification data from the terminal to the at least one centralized server, the at least one centralized server storing the notification data;
- installing at least one notification display system on the computing network by identifying the presence of the at least one notification display system to the at least one centralized server without reconfiguring the at least one centralized server;
- polling the at least one centralized server by the at least one notification display system to obtain the notification data stored by the at least one centralized server;
- displaying a visual indication of the notification data on the at least one notification display system.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for providing notification data in a system having a data terminal and a centralized server
- the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- instructions for configuring at least one notification display system without manually configuring the centralized server;
- instructions for polling the centralized server by the at least one notification display system to obtain the notification data stored by the centralized server;
- instructions for displaying a visual indication of the notification data on the at least one notification display system.
A notification broadcasting system for distributing notification data to distinct locations within a network, the notification broadcasting system comprising:
- at least one terminal capable of accepting the notification data from a user and transmitting the notification data to a server connected to the network;
- at least two notification display systems connected to the network and capable of polling the server to obtain the notification data;
- each of the at least two notification display systems comprising a first display system and a second display system;
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- each of the at least two notification display systems displaying summary notification data on the first display system and detailed notification data on the second display system in response to the notification data being transmitted to the at least two notification display systems after the at least two notification display systems polls the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.