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AssigneeTocom, Inc.
InventorsBrian E. Belcher, John G. Cambell
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In a two-way cable television communications system wherein a central or master station is coupled to a plurality of remote stations through a coaxial cable network, each remote unit is provided with means for decoding an emergency alert transmission signal from the master station to generate an internal signal to sound an annunciator, alerting a subscriber or viewer at the remote station that an emergency communication is forthcoming, switching on a television receiver at the remote station, if the television receiver is not on, and tuning the television receiver through a converter to a predetermined television channel to condition the television receiver to receive emergency communications from the master station.
A method of establishing emergency communications between a master station and a remote station in a two-way cable television system, which comprises the steps of:
An apparatus for establishing emergency communications between a master station and a remote station in a two-way cable television system, which comprises:
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