Emergency alert notification system and method
First Claim
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.
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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.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for notifying interested persons of an event, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16)
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13. An event notification system, comprising:
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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.
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