Alert notification system and method for neighborhood and like groups
First Claim
1. An alert notification system, comprising:
- at least one group comprising a plurality of group members, said group members including at least one alert initiator and one or more alert recipients; and
an alert processing device having a communication component configured to receive a first communication from said alert initiator and transmit a second communication to said each of said alert recipients, said first communication comprising an alert message describing an alert situation, said second communication comprising said alert message.
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Abstract
An alert notification system and method for neighborhood, business, work location, community and other groups for broadcasting an alert message from one member of the group to the other members of the group. A member of the group who sees or hears of an alert condition, which may be criminal activity, suspicious character(s), animal running loose, natural or man-made disaster or the like, becomes an alert initiator by calling a centrally based alert processing device that, after verifying the caller is a member of a group, allows the caller to record an audible alert message describing the alert situation. The processing device then broadcasts the alert message to each member of the alert initiator'"'"'s group or groups so the alert recipients may take appropriate action to protect lives and/or property. The alert processing device stores information regarding the caller and the message for later auditing and retrieval purposes.
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18 Claims
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1. An alert notification system, comprising:
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at least one group comprising a plurality of group members, said group members including at least one alert initiator and one or more alert recipients; and an alert processing device having a communication component configured to receive a first communication from said alert initiator and transmit a second communication to said each of said alert recipients, said first communication comprising an alert message describing an alert situation, said second communication comprising said alert message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of broadcasting an alert message regarding an alert situation from an alert initiator member of a group to one or more alert recipient members of said group, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) perceiving said alert situation by said alert initiator member of said group; b) contacting an alert processing device by said alert initiator member; c) verifying the authority of said alert initiator member to contact said alert processing device; d) recording said alert message at said alert processing device from said alert initiator member; e) associating said alert initiator member with said group; and f) sending said alert message to each of said alert recipient members of said group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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