Patent ID: 9679467
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G08B

Claim:
1. A method for activating an instant alert network system, the method comprising: using a communication device, contacting a secure web service over a wireless communication network to access a contact database housed on one or more servers to obtain contact information; selecting one or more contacts within the contact database, the one or more contacts affected by a threat; selecting an alert type from an alert type selection module using a set of dynamic buttons; and transmitting in real-time, without first communicating with an administrator, an alert including a message providing instructions about how to respond to the alert directly to the one or more selected contacts, wherein the alert type selection module generates the message based on the selected alert type, wherein each of the contacts within the contact database can transmit the alert of the threat to the one or more selected contacts without first transmitting a communication to the administrator.