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US 6,205,323 B1Granted
Jury paging system
OwnerHoward A. Mayo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A jury paging notification system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of juror pagers to be carried by potential jurors and a pager control panel monitoring each of the plurality of juror pagers. In use, potential jurors carrying a juror pager are permitted to go on with their regular lives and leave the courthouse based upon the understanding that attendance at a courthouse is required within a specified time period after being paged.
Claims8
A jury paging notification system, comprising:
- a plurality of juror pagers to be carried by potential jurors;
- a pager control panel monitoring each of the plurality of juror pagers, the pager control panel including means for paging potential jurors as they are required at a courthouse based upon predetermined acceptable time periods for response, an acknowledgment signal and a receipt/activation signal;
- each of the juror pagers including an activation switch which when turned off activates the acknowledgment signal to indicate that a juror has received a page requiring presence at the courthouse;
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- wherein potential jurors carrying a juror pager are permitted to go on with their regular lives and leave the courthouse based upon the understanding that attendance at a courthouse is required within a specified time period after being paged, and the location and accessibility may jurors is monitored via activation of the acknowledgment signal and interaction with the receipt/activation signal associated with pager control panel.
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A jury paging notification system, comprising the following steps:
- assigning a specified juror pager to each potential juror such that potential jurors are permitted to go on with their regular lives based upon the understanding that attendance at a courthouse is required within a specified time period after being paged;
- monitoring the juror pagers with a pager control panel, the pager control panel includes means for paging potential jurors as they are required at a courthouse based upon predetermined acceptable time periods for response, an acknowledgment signal and a receipt/activation signal;
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- paging potential jurors when their attendance at the courthouse is required, and requesting that potential jurors turn off an activation switch on the assigned juror pager as acknowledgment of their receipt of the page requiring presence at the courthouse.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.