Alerthub System with Two Touch Badge

1 . An alert communication device comprising:

a first transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more other alert communication devices via a first communication path;

a second transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with the one or more other alert communication devices via a second communication path;

a camera system; and

one or more of:

a visual alert system, and

an audio alert system.

2 . The alert communication device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more alert activation devices via a third communication path.

3 . The alert communication device of claim 2 , wherein the alert communication device is configured to:

receive an alert signal from the one or more alert activation devices; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more other alert communication devices via the first communication path.

4 . The alert communication device of claim 3 , wherein the alert communication device is configured to:

determine that the first communication path is inaccessible; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more alert communication devices via the second communication path in response to determining that the first communication path is inaccessible.

5 . The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the alert communication device is configured to establish a communication channel between two or more client devices via one or more of the first communication path and the second communication path.

6 . The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the visual alert system includes a plurality of electronically-controlled lights configured to provide a plurality of visual alerts.

7 . The alert communication device of claim 1 , wherein the third transceiver is a Bluetooth® Low Energy transceiver configured to determine the location of the one or more alert activation devices relative to the alert communication device.

8 . An alert activation device comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicatively couple the alert activation device to at least one alert communication device; and

two or more activation buttons communicatively coupled to the transceiver;

wherein the alert activation device is configured to transmit an alert signal via the transceiver in response to a user engaging at least one of the two or more alert activation buttons, wherein each alert activation button defines a different group of recipients for the alert signal.

9 . The alert activation device of claim 8 , wherein the alert activation device is a wearable alert activation device.

10 . The alert activation device of claim 9 , wherein the alert activation device is configured to be affixed to an identification badge.

11 . The alert activation device of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit a location of the alert activation device when transmitting the alert signal.

12 . The alert activation device of claim 11 , wherein the transceiver is a Bluetooth® Low Energy transceiver.

13 . A alert management system comprising:

one or more alert communication devices communicatively coupled to one or more other alert communication devices and configured to provide one or more of a visual alert and an audio alert, wherein the one or more alert communication devices include a camera system; and

one or more alert activation devices communicatively coupled to at least one alert communication device of the one or more alert communication devices.

14 . The alert management system of claim 13 , further comprising:

one or more alert gateways,

wherein the one or more alert communication devices are communicatively coupled to the one or more alert gateways.

15 . The alert management system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more alert communication devices include a plurality of alert communication devices and are configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with one or more other alert communication devices of the plurality of alert communication devices via a first communication path.

16 . The alert management system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more alert communication devices are configured to communicatively couple the alert communication device with the one or more other alert communication devices of the plurality of alert communication devices via a second communication path.

17 . The alert management system of claim 16 , wherein the alert management system is configured to:

receive, at the one or more alert communication devices, an alert signal from the one or more alert activation devices; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more other alert communication devices via a first communication path formed between a plurality of the alert communication devices.

18 . The alert management system of claim 17 , wherein the alert management system is configured to:

determine that the first communication path is inaccessible; and

transmit the alert signal to the one or more alert communication devices via the second communication path in response to determining that the first communication path is inaccessible

19 . The alert management system of claim 16 , wherein the alert management system is configured to establish a communication channel between two or more client devices via one or more of the first communication path and the second communication path.

20 . The alert management system of claim 13 , further comprising:

at least one client device communicatively coupled to the alert management system, wherein the at least one client device comprises a user interface;

wherein the alert management system is configured to provide one or more of an alert and a multi-location map to the user interface of the at least one client device.