Patent ID: 8077877

Claim:
A courtesy announcement system, comprising: a. at least one operator workstation for inputting, storing on a networked announcement database server, accessing, editing, and replaying a plurality of announcements by an operator; b. said networked announcement system database server networked to said at least one operator workstation and operable to store a plurality of operator-accessible, editable, and re-playable announcements, to store a plurality of operator-editable announcement templates, and to provide access to said operator-accessible, editable, and re-playable announcements and said operator-editable announcement templates to said at least one operator workstation on said network; c. an announcement log maintained in said announcement system database server, said announcement log providing a record of said plurality of announcements previously input by an operator at said at least one operator workstation; and d. at least one audio reproduction device for at least one audio broadcast of at least one particular announcement of said plurality of announcements from said announcement system database server; e. wherein at least one particular announcement of said plurality of announcements is formulated by an operator selecting a particular announcement template of a plurality of said announcement templates and inputting information as required by the selected particular announcement template; and f. wherein said replaying comprises replaying at least one previously broadcast announcement.