Alpha-numeric verbal scroll technique for use in an emergency location system

Claim 1

In an emergency location system in which a verbal emergency message is broadcast by a transceiver in response to actuation of said system: means for user entry of identification characters corresponding to a unique user identification code; and means for verbalizing and broadcasting said characters with said verbal emergency message to establish the origin and user entry means including a non-volatile memory for storing characters, said user entry means including a system requiring user-entry of alpha-numeric characters in a computer memory for later use in the operation of the system, said system having associated with it a speaker for projecting audio information to a user, means for entering said alpha-numeric characters in said memory comprising: means including a switch and said speaker for generating an audible series of alpha/numeric characters one at a time at the user's option and pace with each switch activation to be loaded into said memory, said audible series of alpha/numeric characters being provided one at a time at the user designated pace and in an order corresponding to alphabetic/numeric ordering to produce a verbal scroll thereof; means operable by the user of said system upon hearing the individual characters generated by said system, and operable during the audible sequence for selecting an audible character at the time it is audibilized, the selecting of an audible character constituting a character selection; and, means for entering that digital alpha/numeria character corresponding to said selected audible character into said computer memory.