Automated delivery of alerts with confirmation of receipt

    公开(公告)号:US09749394B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-29

    申请号:US12346190

    申请日:2008-12-30

    IPC分类号: G06F15/16 H04L29/08

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for delivering information as alerts. Alerts may be sent to one or more destinations at one or more times, with possible destinations including, e.g., one or more dedicated software clients, portable wireless devices, and/or email accounts, among many other possibilities. The sender may receive confirmation of, and/or may keep persistent records of, among several possibilities, transmission of one or more of the alerts, receipt of one or more of the alerts by devices at their respective destinations, and/or presentation of the alert to the intended recipient. According to an embodiment of the invention, an alert may be used to delivery medical information, which may include an urgent result of a medical test that has been performed on a patient.