Raymond C Cole

US Patent:

20080184270, Jul 31, 2008

Filed:

Oct 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/926273

Inventors:

Raymond C. Cole - Powder Springs GA, US
Shawn M. Constance - Opelika AL, US
Kyle S. Goodwin - Alpharetta GA, US
Joshua Bruce Harrison - Norcross GA, US
William R. Morris - Atlanta GA, US
John Julius Shilling - Marietta GA, US

Assignee:

AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF COLUMBUS - Columbus GA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

719318

Abstract:

Subscribers are notified of selected incoming events, such as fax or a memo. Subscriber profiles, stored in a database, contain data concerning at least one specified event of which a subscriber wishes to be notified and a procedure by which the subscriber prefers to be notified. When an incoming event occurs () data is extracted () from the incoming event and the database is queried () using the extracted data to identify at least one subscriber whose subscriber profile includes at least one item of the extracted data and the procedure by which the identified subscriber prefers to be notified () of the incoming event. An event notification is then prepared () for the incoming event in accordance with the determined procedure for the identified subscriber and the event notification is sent () to the identified subscriber in accordance with the determined procedure.