Campus Messaging System
The Campus Messaging System (CMS™) is a communications system developed by Lormar Logic Company, which provides colleges, universities, and other educational entities with a quick, reliable, and user-friendly tool for communicating with students, faculty, and staff during emergencies and other off-normal events. CMS™ can also be used as an everyday communication tool, for immediate notification of building closures, class cancellations, or other campus news.
CMS™ is Internet based and is accessed through the CMS™ Control Panel, a password-protected web page. The Control Panel allows authorized personnel to send text messages to specific groups or to all personnel simultaneously. Typical groups include executive, administration, faculty, staff, students, and campus security. When the user logs into the Control Panel using their unique username and password, the user chooses the desired target of the message and types the message into a text box. The user then clicks “Send,” and the message appears almost immediately on the targets’ cellular phones as text messages.
In addition to sending messages from desktop computers, CMS™ users who are authorized to send messages with the system may also do so from Internet-ready cellular phones, such as BlackBerrys and Palm Pilots, making the system extremely versatile during power outages.
CMS™ works with every major cellular network in the United States, including Nextel, Sprint, Cingular, US Cellular, Alltel, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Every cellular phone available on these networks can receive CMS™ messages, and data service is not required.
The heart of CMS™ is a cross-refernce database that includes name, group identifier, cellular phone number, and cellular carrier. The database also contains information about whether each individual can receive messages only, send and receive messages, or send and receive messages and administer the system. System administrators can add, delete, or modify data. The system keeps records of each addition or modification, including: what data was changed, who changed it, and when it was changed. It also records the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the individual making each database change. The system can also be configured such that each user can maintain their own personal data, allowing for quicker database changes, for example, when a student changes phone numbers or carriers.
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