ALERT MESSAGE PORTAL TO SECURELY NOTIFY SUBSCRIBERS OF EVENTS
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1. A method of operating a communication portal, the method comprising:
- accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service;
generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group, wherein the user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal; and
transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of operating a communication portal. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service. The method also includes generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group. The user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal. The method further includes transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers.
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1. A method of operating a communication portal, the method comprising:
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accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service; generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group, wherein the user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal; and transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a communication device, the method comprising:
receiving an alert message at the communication device and from a communication portal, wherein the communication device is a registered member of a group that receives an alert service that provides the alert message, wherein the communication device is identified to the group by a user name, and wherein the communication portal has assigned a user identifier to a user of the communication device for use within the communication portal, and wherein the communication portal transmits the alert message to the communication device based on the user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a communication device, the method comprising:
providing an alert message from the communication device and to a communication portal, wherein the alert message is directed to users that are members of a group that receives an alert service, wherein the users are identified to the group by corresponding usernames, and wherein the communication portal has assigned a user identifier to each username for use within the communication portal, and wherein the communication portal transmits the alert message to the communication device based on the user identifier. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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