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EP 1 094 427 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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25.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/17 |
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Date of filing: 03.10.2000 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Designated Extension States: |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
22.10.1999 GB 9924909
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Applicant: Pace Micro Technology PLC |
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Saltaire, Shipley, BD18 3LF (GB) |
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Inventor: |
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- Coe, Peter W.
Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2TE (GB)
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Representative: Wood, Graham |
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Bailey Walsh & Co, 5 York Place
Leeds LS1 2SD
Leeds LS1 2SD (GB) |
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Alert system for a premises |
(57) The invention relates to the provision of an alert system as part of a function of
broadcast data receiving apparatus of the type provided for the reception and processing
of data which is transmitted from a remote location to generate video and/or audio,
typically via a television set. The invention utilises the receiver and a communications
link such as a telecommunications line to allow the user to generate an alert via
a remote control device which emits a signal received by the receiver and then transmit
an alert signal to a remote location. In one embodiment a network of remote control
signal receivers can be provided throughout a premises.