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, at the communication portal, 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 wherein the user identifiers are not communicated outside the communication portal to the users or a provider of the alert service; 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, at the communication portal, 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 wherein the user identifiers are not communicated outside the communication portal to the users or a provider of the alert service; 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 username, 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, and wherein the user identifier is not communicated outside the communication portal to the user or a provider of the alert service. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a first communication device, the method comprising:
providing an alert message from the first 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 so that the user identifiers are not communicated outside the communication portal to the first communication device or at least one second communication device, and wherein the communication portal transmits the alert message to the at least one second communication device based on at least one of the user identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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