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Sua sponte establishment of large-scale person-to-person emergency electronic messaging communications based in part on subscriber telephone numbers

  • US 9,246,870 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2013
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reuniting a pet that is lost with an owner of the pet in a large-scale emergency, with steps comprising:

  • (a) attaching a first user identifier to the pet, wherein the first user identifier is associated with the owner;

    (b) providing by a sponsor, sua sponte, equipment configured to receive, store, retrieve, and play, in a non-preferential manner, electronic messages associated with one of a plurality of electronic access addresses;

    (c) establishing by the sponsor, an event identifier;

    (d) communicating from the sponsor to the public at large, a prescribed manner for constructing the plurality of electronic access addresses;

    (e) communicating from the sponsor to the public at large, the event identifier;

    (f) configuring by the sponsor, the plurality of electronic access addresses of the equipment, based at least in part on the event identifier, a plurality of user identifiers, and the prescribed manner;

    (g) activating the equipment by the sponsor, and making the equipment accessible for use by the public at large starting at a first time, wherein the first time is based at least in part on recognition of a start of the emergency by the sponsor;

    (h) determining a first electronic access address associated with the owner by a finder of the lost pet, based at least in part on the first user identifier, the prescribed manner, and the event identifier;

    (i) determining the first electronic access address by a first person, based at least in part on the first user identifier, the prescribed manner, and the event identifier;

    (j) depositing a first electronic message to the first electronic access address of the equipment by one of the finder and the first person;

    (k) recovering the first electronic message from the first electronic access address by the other of the finder and the first person;

    (l) reuniting the pet with the first person, based at least in part on the first electronic message; and

    (m) deactivating the equipment by the sponsor, and making the equipment unaccessable for use by the public at large starting at a second time, wherein the second time is based at least in part on recognition of an end to the emergency by the sponsor.

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