Weather alert system
OwnerJerome Vanderableinventor
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Abstract
A weather alert system to warn a user when an emergency signal has been broadcast and to simultaneously activate a television or other visual information source and to select a predetermined informational channel. The weather alert system includes a signal detector for detecting a broadcast alarm signal and for generating an activation signal upon detection of the alarm signal. A remote controller is operatively connected to the signal detector for producing a remote control signal in response to said activation signal. The remote control signal is utilized to trigger the activation of a visual information source such as a television or a computer to provide visual information relating to the hazardous condition.
Claims20
An alert system for activating a television in response to a signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency, said alert system comprising:
- a signal detector for detecting said signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency and for generating an activation signal upon detection thereof;
- a remote controller operatively connected to said signal detector for producing a remote control signal in response to said activation signal;
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- wherein said remote control signal includes a first signal for turning on said television and a second signal for causing the television to switch to a pre-selected informational channel.
An alert system for activating a television to provide visual information relating to a hazardous condition in response to a signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency, said alert system comprising:
- a radio receiver for receiving said signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency, said receiver outputting a signal representative of said signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency;
- a signal detector for monitoring said representative signal for detecting said signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency and generating an activation signal upon detection thereof;
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- a remote controller operatively connected to said signal detector for producing a remote control signal in response to said activation signal, wherein said remote control signal includes a first signal for turning on said television and a second signal for causing the television to switch to a pre-selected informational channel.
A method for activating a television to provide information relating to a hazardous condition in response to a signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an alarm signal signal indicative of an alert declaration by an authorized agency;
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- generating a remote control signal in response to said alarm signal, wherein said remote control signal includes a first signal for turning on said television and a second signal for causing the television to switch to a pre-selected informational channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.