SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION BASED ON PROFILE DATA

• US 20100070874A1
• Filed: 11/24/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Koch, Robert A., Adamczyk, Maria
• Granted Patent: US 7,788,333 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/745
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/06 Time-space-time switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing critical information to a user of a content providing service based on profile data associated with the user are disclosed. Such systems and methods can include storing a user profile that identifies a plurality of communication pathways via which a critical information alert can be provided to a user associated with the user profile. The critical information alert contains critical information provided by the content providing service. The user profile includes a respective set of decision criteria associated with each of the plurality of communication pathways. A satisfied set of decision criteria is identified from among the respective sets of decision criteria. The critical information alert is provided to the user via the communication pathway associated with the satisfied set of decision criteria.

Claims

1. A method for providing critical information to a user of a content providing service, the method comprising:

storing a user profile that

identifies a plurality of communication pathways via which a critical information alert can be provided to a user associated with the user profile, and

includes a respective set of decision criteria associated with each of the plurality of communication pathways;

identifying a satisfied set of decision criteria from among the respective sets of decision criteria; and

providing the critical information alert to the user via the communication pathway associated with the satisfied set of decision criteria, wherein the critical information alert contains critical information provided by the content providing service.