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AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsPerry Prozeniuk, Mark Fletcher, Conrad Uniacke, John Cato, Stephane Cliche
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A visual and/or audible beacon is provided by an access device or an external device to assist emergency response personnel to locate the person that initiated the emergency call. A communication server that handled the emergency call can cause lights on the access device to blink in a specified pattern, so that emergency personnel may more easily locate the access device that was used to place the emergency call. The communication server can also cause the access device to output a series of audible tones that may be used to locate the access device that was used to place the emergency call. Emergency response personnel may control the audible/visual beacon through the communication server to cause the beacon to be selectively activated or deactivated as necessary. Optionally the beacon may be turned off from the access device as well.
A method of providing a visual and/or audible beacon in connection with placement of an emergency call on an emergency response network, the method comprising the steps of:
An access device, comprising:
A computer readable medium containing data and instructions which, when loaded as control logic into one or more processors of a communication server, causes the communication server to perform a method comprising the steps of:
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