Granted Patent B2

US 7,375,628 · App. 10/852,879 · Granted May 20, 2008

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an information component that selects one or more spoken languages for transmission of one or more messages to one or more personal information components based on one or more inputs from one or more of the one or more personal information components, wherein the information component receives the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components, wherein the information component employs the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components to select the one or more messages from one or more available messages for transmission to the one or more personal information components; wherein the selected one or more messages comprise instructional and guidance messages; and

the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components comprise one or more message type identifiers, wherein the information component employs one or more of the one or more type identifiers to select the one or more messages having selected languages from the one or more available messages.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components comprise one or more language identifiers, wherein the information component employs one or more of the one or more language identifiers to select the one or more languages from one or more available languages.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components comprise an input from a personal information component, wherein the input comprises a language identifier, wherein the language identifier is associated with a first language;

wherein the information component determines that the first language comprises an unavailable language;

wherein the information component selects a second language from the one or more available languages for transmission of the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components comprise an input from a personal information component;

wherein the personal information component allows for selection of a first language for transmission of the one or more messages;

wherein the personal information component sends as an output, a request for transmission of the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components in the first language;

wherein the information component receives as input, the request for transmission of the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components in the first language;

wherein the information component selects a second language from one or more available languages for transmission of the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information component comprises one or more transmitter components that sends a first one or more of the one or more messages to a first one or more of the one or more personal information components and a second one or more of the one or more messages to a second one or more of the one or more personal information components.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more messages comprise one or more age appropriate messages, wherein the information component employs the one or more of the one or more type identifiers to select the one or more age appropriate messages from the one or more available messages for transmission to the one or more personal information components.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the information component receives the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal components;

wherein the information component employs one or more transmitter components to transmit the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components, wherein the one or more personal information components &e located within a limited spatial distance relative to the information component.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

an information component that selects one or more spoken languages for transmission of one or more messages to one or more personal information components based on one or more inputs from one or more of the one or more personal information components; wherein the information component receives the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components and the selected one or more messages comprise instructional and guidance messages;

a plurality of information components having the information component;

a central information component that sends one or more message notifications to one or more of the plurality of information components;

wherein the one or more of the plurality of information components update one or more of one or more available messages based on one or more of the one or more message notifications.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of information components are identified by a plurality of identification tags;

wherein the central information component employs one or more of the plurality of identification tags to send the one or more message notifications to the one or more of the plurality of information components;

wherein one or more of the one or more of the plurality of information components employ the one or more of the plurality of identification tags to respond to the one or more message notifications.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

an information component that selects one or more spoken languages for transmission of one or more messages to one or more personal information components based on one or more inputs from one or more of the one or more personal information components;

wherein the one or more messages comprise one or more emergency messages;

wherein the information component selects the one or more languages for transmission of the one or more emergency messages to the one or more personal information components upon receipt of a notification of an emergency situation from a central information component;

the information component having a first information component, wherein a plurality of information components comprise the first information component and a second information component, wherein the one or more emergency messages comprise a first portion of an escape route;

wherein the first information component transmits the first portion of the escape route to the one or more personal information components;

wherein the second information component transmits a second portion of the escape route to the one or more personal information components.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the one or more personal information components comprise a personal information component;

wherein the first information component transmits the first portion of the escape route to the personal information component, wherein the personal information component is located at a first position that is within a first limited spatial distance relative to the first information component;

wherein the second information component transmits the second portion of the escape route to the personal information component, wherein the personal information component is located at a second location that is within a second limited spatial distance relative to the second information component.

12. A method, comprising:

selecting, by an information component, one or more spoken languages for transmission of one or more messages, the information component having one or more personal information components, based on one or more inputs from one or more of the one or more personal information component; wherein the information component receives the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components and the selected one or more messages comprise instructional and guidance messages;

receiving, by the information component, the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components;

employing, by the information component, the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components to select the one or more messages from one or more available messages for transmission to the one or more personal information components, the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal information components having one or more message type identifiers; and

employing, by the information component, one or more of the one or more type identifiers to select the one or more messages having selected languages from the one or more available messages.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the one or more messages comprise one or more age appropriate messages, wherein the information component employs the one or more of the one or more type identifiers to select the one or more age appropriate messages from the one or more available messages for transmission to the one or more personal information components.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the information component receives the one or more inputs from the one or more of the one or more personal components; and wherein the information component employs one or more transmitter components to transmit the one or more messages to the one or more personal information components, wherein the one or more personal information components are located within a limited spatial distance relative to the information component.

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