Patent ID: 9036791
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A telephone system having alert module, comprising: a base unit having a processor in data communication with a telephone network interface, a radio receiver, a first local transmitter, a first local receiver, a first computer memory having a first program, and a first display; and (a) instructions for actuating the first display, the first local transmitter, the second local receiver, the second display, and the speaker for automatically presenting a first emergency warning through the first display, the second display, and the speaker upon the radio receiver receiving first alert data from an emergency broadcast radio transmitter; and (b) instructions for presenting a second emergency warning only upon both: (1) receipt of second alert data from the emergency broadcast radio transmitter; and (2) receipt of a query by at least one of the base unit processor and the handheld unit processor; wherein the first alert data is different from the second alert data, and wherein the first emergency warning is different from the second emergency warning.