(19)
(11) EP 0 039 203 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.09.1982 Bulletin 1982/39

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.11.1981 Bulletin 1981/44

(21) Application number: 81301787

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 26.04.1980 GB 8013849

(71) Applicants:
  • The City of Edinburgh District Council
     ()
  • McLuckie, John Campbell
     ()

(72) Inventor:
  • McLuckie, John Campbell
     ()

   


(54) Sheltered housing schemes communications system


(57) A sheltered housing communications system comprises a plurality of sheltered housing groups each having tenanted houses (14) interconnected to a wardens house (12) accommodating a terminal (20) by means of a communications network (13). A communications centre (10) functionally duplicates the terminal (20) for a plurality of wardens houses (12) and are connected by communications channels (11) to the respective wardens terminals (20) and each wardens house (12) comprises means (29) for switching the pertaining local network (13) through to the communications centre (10) so as to bypass the local wardens terminal (20).






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