System and method for providing centralized management and distribution of information to remote users
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- storing, by a processor, in a central data storage device, information regarding an organization and access rights for a plurality of users to the information;
determining, by the processor, a first attribute of a first user of a plurality of users, and second attribute of a second user of a plurality of users;
determining, by the processor, based on the first attribute of the first user, a first portion of the information that is relevant to the first user;
determining, by the processor, based on the second attribute of the second user, a second portion of the information that is relevant to a second user of the plurality of users, wherein the second portion is different from the first portion;
determining, by the processor, access rights of respectively the first and second users;
automatically communicating, by the processor, based on the determined access rights, the first portion of the information to a first mobile device associated with the first user, and the second portion of the information to a second mobile device associated with the second user;
detecting, by the processor, a trigger event; and
transmitting, by the processor, a notification to the first and second mobile devices in response to the trigger event, wherein in response to receipt of the notification, the first and second mobile devices are configured to retrieve and output respectively the first portion of the information and the second portion of the information for prompting action based on the output.
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Abstract
The invention includes systems, methods, and software applications for centrally maintaining information and automatically distributing relevant portions of the information to remote users. In one embodiment, a central server stores the information, which is maintained on the central server. Periodically, or each time the server information is updated, the server identifies the portion of the information that is relevant to each user and downloads the relevant portion of information to each user, for example to a mobile device such as a Blackberry™. The invention may be used to maintain and timely distribute information related to emergency response procedures, sales or servicing schedules, and delivery schedules, among other things.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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storing, by a processor, in a central data storage device, information regarding an organization and access rights for a plurality of users to the information; determining, by the processor, a first attribute of a first user of a plurality of users, and second attribute of a second user of a plurality of users; determining, by the processor, based on the first attribute of the first user, a first portion of the information that is relevant to the first user; determining, by the processor, based on the second attribute of the second user, a second portion of the information that is relevant to a second user of the plurality of users, wherein the second portion is different from the first portion; determining, by the processor, access rights of respectively the first and second users; automatically communicating, by the processor, based on the determined access rights, the first portion of the information to a first mobile device associated with the first user, and the second portion of the information to a second mobile device associated with the second user; detecting, by the processor, a trigger event; and transmitting, by the processor, a notification to the first and second mobile devices in response to the trigger event, wherein in response to receipt of the notification, the first and second mobile devices are configured to retrieve and output respectively the first portion of the information and the second portion of the information for prompting action based on the output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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3. The method of 1, wherein the information includes at least one of an emergency-response-related information, item-delivery-related information, service-visit-related information, or sales-visit-related information.
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12. A system comprising:
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a central storage device; a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory has stored therein instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to; store in the central data storage device, information regarding an organization and access rights for a plurality of users to the information; determine a first attribute of a first user of a plurality of users, and second attribute of a second user of a plurality of users; determine, based on the first attribute of the first user, a first portion of the information that is relevant to the first user; determine, based on the second attribute of the second user, a second portion of the information that is relevant to a second user of the plurality of users, wherein the second portion is different from the first portion; determine access rights of respectively the first and second users; automatically communicate, based on the determined access rights, the first portion of the information to a first mobile device associated with the first user, and the second portion of the information to a second mobile device associated with the second user; detect a trigger event; and transmit a notification to the first and second mobile devices in response to the trigger event, wherein in response to receipt of the notification, the first and second mobile devices are configured to retrieve and output respectively the first portion of the information and the second portion of the information for prompting action based on the output. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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