Emergency alert notification system and method

• US 20040264661A1
• Filed: 06/27/2003
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shane Harris
• Original Assignee: Shane Harris
• Inventors: Harris, Shane
• Application Number:
  US10/609,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20040264661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/127.01
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party

Abstract

An emergency alert notification system and method are provided by which a subscriber'"'"'s previously-identified contact persons may be notified upon the happening of an event. A witness, who may be a stranger to the event, initiates the notification process by contacting a service provider using a phone number and subscriber ID number that has been displayed by the subscriber in strategic locations such as an auto windshield, on the exterior of a home or office, or on a key ring. The witness need know no private or sensitive personal information about the subscriber in order to initiate the notification, and receives no such information as a result of the notification process. With the subscriber'"'"'s ID number, the service provider retrieves associated contact information and provides notification.

Claims

1. A method for notifying interested persons of an event, comprising:

a. producing an ID number uniquely associated with an individual subscriber;

b. generating a list of persons to be notified upon the occurrence of an event;

c. providing the ID number at strategic public locations associated with the subscriber;

d. upon the happening of an event, providing the ID number to a service provider; and

e. contacting at least one of the persons to be notified.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the ID at strategic public locations further comprises placing the ID on the subscriber'"'"'s vehicle

3. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the ID at strategic public locations further comprises placing the ID on the subscriber'"'"'s home.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the ID at strategic public locations further comprises placing the ID on the subscriber'"'"'s key ring.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the ID at strategic public locations further comprises placing the ID on a card in the subscriber'"'"'s wallet.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing the ID to a service provider further includes providing the ID to a service provider by a person who is a stranger to the subscriber.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of providing the ID to a service provider further includes providing information about the event to the service provider

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of contacting at least one of the persons to be notified further includes the step of providing information about the event to the person to be notified.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of contacting at least one of the persons to be notified further includes the step of contacting the person by telephone.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of contacting at least one of the persons to be notified further includes the step of contacting the person by email.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating a list of persons to be notified upon the occurrence of an event further includes the step of providing information about persons to be notified into a web secure database by the subscriber.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating a list of persons to be notified upon the occurrence of an event further includes the step of providing information about persons to be notified into a database by a service provider representative.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein said means for generating a list of persons further comprises means for providing information about persons to be notified into a web secure database.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein said means for providing the ID number at strategic public locations associated with the subscriber is a key ring tag.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein said means for providing the ID number at strategic public locations associated with the subscriber is an adhesive sticker.

13. An event notification system, comprising:

a. means for producing an ID number uniquely associated with an individual subscriber;

b. means for generating a list of persons to be notified upon the occurrence of an event;

c. means for providing the ID number at strategic public locations associated with the subscriber;

d. means for, upon the happening of an event, providing the ID number to a service provider; and

e. means for contacting at least one of the persons to be notified.