Patent ID: 7805125

Claim:
A system for managing emergency alarm messages in a wireless communications system comprising a plurality of subscriber endpoints, the system comprising: a first subscriber endpoint that is assigned an emergency alarm responder role prior to an emergency alarm message being generated by an initiating subscriber endpoint, wherein in response to having the emergency alarm responder role and in response to receiving the emergency alarm message at a group address from the initiating endpoint, the first subscriber a) sends an acknowledgement message to the initiating subscriber and b) presents information from the emergency alarm message to a user of the first subscriber; and a second subscriber endpoint that is assigned an emergency alarm monitor role prior to the emergency alarm message being generated by the initiating subscriber, wherein in response to having the emergency alarm monitor role and in response to receiving the emergency alarm message at the group address from the initiating subscriber, the second subscriber presents information from the emergency alarm message at the group address from the initiating subscriber, the second subscriber presents information from the emergency alarm message to a user of the second subscriber without sending an acknowledgement to the initiating subscriber, wherein the emergency alarm message is sent without supporting equipment.