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Single point of contact personal communication system

  • US 8,243,910 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2008
  • Issued: 08/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for contacting an individual, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a computer receiving a request from a user to contact an individual;

    the computer, responsive to finding that the request is a phone call, ringing a telephone of the individual;

    the computer, responsive to finding that the individual does not answer the telephone, giving the user a choice of leaving voicemail or tracking down the individual;

    the computer, responsive to a request to track down the individual, checking a first database to verify the user is authorized to track down the individual;

    the computer, responsive to finding that the user is authorized to track down the individual, taking a first message from the user for the individual;

    the computer sending a request to the user to indicate if the first message regards an emergency;

    the computer receiving a response to the sent request from the user;

    the computer, responsive to the response indicating the first message regards an emergency, locating a record for the individual in a second database;

    the computer sending the first message to each device in a list of devices in the record;

    the computer waiting a period of time specified for each device in the record in the second database; and

    the computer, responsive to an absence of receiving a second message from the individual after waiting the period of time, repeating the sending of the first message and the waiting until the second message is received from the individual.

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