Internet based data, voice and video alert notification communications system

• US 8,849,908 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaydon A. Stanzione, Kaydon Stanzione
• Original Assignee: Kaydon A. Stanzione
• Inventors: Stanzione, Kaydon A., Oliver, Lendell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): LI, GUANG W
• Application Number:
  US11/580,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20100122334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,909 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/217, 726/11, 719/318
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0027 Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication

Abstract

A real-time integrated information sharing and telecommunications collaboration system is disclosed. The system includes at least one central server to create, store, display, edit, distribute, share, control and archive voice, data, video and images with a plurality of simultaneous wireless and wireline remote display devices. The system includes at least one central server monitors, controls and protects voice, data, video and image communications to, from and between display devices through encrypted token based security identifiers. The sharing of information and communication data packets between the display devices is contingent upon permissions assigned to individual human or machine end users. All data and communications, including the encrypted token based security identifiers may be stored simultaneously or individually within the central server, display device, or a third-party remote storage device whereby each or all may reside behind additional security systems and firewalls at a plurality of locations. All voice, data, video and images are seamlessly integrated through either one or in combination of communications paths to include, but not limited to, the Public Switched Telephone Network, World Wide Web, Internet, Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), satellite, land mobile radio, WiFi, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), broadband over powerlines and other wireline and wireless networks.

Claims

1. A method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device, wherein the notifications are of an occurrence of a previously identified or calculated event which is maintained within a plurality of remote devices, the method comprising the steps of:

after the detection of an occurrence of a previously identified or calculated event, transmitting an identifier through a communications link to a centralized server that stores the event and provides event definition; and

receiving and processing the identifier by the centralized server over the communications link, wherein the centralized server includes a knowledge manager that identifies notification tasks, further wherein the notification tasks are performed automatically without human intervention, and the set of tasks are selected from at least one of a plurality of remote devices coupled to the centralized server, where the centralized server provides a task sequence, a sender-specific task and a receiver-specific task, and where a task manager automatically transmits the results of the tasks to a plurality of remote devices,

wherein the notifications and notification tasks associated with the previously identified or calculated event are grouped to form a project, the project defined by task properties, and the task properties include at least;

a project creator name, a project name, a creation date, a status, a start date and time, a target completion date and time, an actual start and completion date and time, a target and actual budget, a description, a charge number, a percentage completion, one or more assigned contacts, a plurality of notes, a plurality of tasks and sub-tasks, individual tasks and an overall project status, and notification information,

wherein the project can be edited, deleted, and appended by individual users.

2. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the previously identified or calculated event relates to a condition defined by a user.

3. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the remote user devices are selected from the group consisting of at least one of the following:

telephone, cell phone, land mobile radio, videophone, video camera, VoIP phone, satellite phone, pagers, sensors, facsimiles, computers, personal digital assistants, or “

Blackberry”

-type devices.

4. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein tasks are automatically executed upon the detection of the event in accordance with rules defined by the knowledge manager.

5. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein tasks are manually executed by authorized users.

6. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the notification tasks and the projects are copied and assigned to contacts.

7. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the tasks and the projects are assigned to a template for use in other tasks and projects.

8. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the communications link is through the internet.

9. The method for managing communication notifications transmitted to a remote device according to claim 1, wherein the communications link is through at least one of the following communications paths:

public switched telephone network (PSTN), World Wide Web, Internet, Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), satellite, land mobile radio, WiFi, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and broadband over powerlines.