Personal support network
First Claim
1. The method for automating the transmission of notification messages comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- accepting and storing event description data from each of a plurality of different subscribers, said event description data specifying one or more event types for each of said subscribers and, for each given one of said event types, further specifying one or more conditions and the destination and content of a notification message to be transmitted when said one or more conditions are satisfied, receiving an event message from a remote location, said event message designating a specific event type associated with a specific subscriber, retrieving and evaluating the one or more stored conditions associated with said specific event type and, if said one or more stored conditions are satisfied, transmitting a notification message having the content and destination specified by said event description data for said specific event type.
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Abstract
A system for automating the transmission of notification messages and establishing predetermined communications connections in response to programmable events. The system accepts and stores event description data from each of a plurality of different subscribers. The event description data specifies one or more event types for each of the participating subscribers and, for each given event type associated with a subscriber, further specifies one or more conditions and the destination and content of a notification message to be transmitted when those conditions are satisfied. One or more web database servers may be used to advantage to collect and store subscriber data, permitting each subscriber to interactively add, delete and modify said event description data at any time using a forms-based web interface The subscriber preferably employs the web interface, WAP, voice response and text to speech to provide information suggested by pre-written templates for standardized services, or to create special-purpose functions which meet the subscriber'"'"'s specific needs.
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26 Claims
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1. The method for automating the transmission of notification messages comprising, in combination, the steps of:
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accepting and storing event description data from each of a plurality of different subscribers, said event description data specifying one or more event types for each of said subscribers and, for each given one of said event types, further specifying one or more conditions and the destination and content of a notification message to be transmitted when said one or more conditions are satisfied, receiving an event message from a remote location, said event message designating a specific event type associated with a specific subscriber, retrieving and evaluating the one or more stored conditions associated with said specific event type and, if said one or more stored conditions are satisfied, transmitting a notification message having the content and destination specified by said event description data for said specific event type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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14. Apparatus for automating communications functions in response to programmable events comprising, in combination:
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a database system for accepting and storing event description data from each of a plurality of different participants, said event description data specifying one or more event types for each of said participants and, for each given one of said event types, further specifying one or more conditions and the destination and content of a notification message to be transmitted when said one or more conditions are satisfied, and an event processing engine for receiving an event message from a remote location, said event message designating a specific event type associated with a specific participant, said event processing engine including means for retrieving and evaluating the one or more stored conditions associated with said specific event type and, if said one or more stored conditions are satisfied, transmitting a notification message having the content and destination specified by said event description data for said specific event type.
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