Patent ID: 9549393
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61H,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. An alert system, comprising: a plurality of communication devices, each communication device associated with a respective one of a plurality of users and a respective one of a plurality of vibration alert accessories, and upon a communication device of the plurality of communication device receiving an alert message the communication device is operable to forward an alert to the respective associated vibration alert accessory, each vibration alert accessory is operable to vibrate in response to receiving an alert from its associated communication device, each vibration alert accessory includes an input operable to allow the respective user to acknowledge alerts received by the vibration alert accessory, and wherein each vibration alert accessory is operable to, upon actuation of the input by the user, turn off the vibration, and upon the user providing the input the vibration accessory is operable to transmit a message to the associated communication device which then transmits an acknowledgment message; an administration entity operable to transmit alert messages to one or more of the plurality of communication devices, and is further operable to receive the acknowledgements from the communication devices in response to transmission of the alerts; a database in which the administration entity maintains a record of alert messages that are transmitted, and acknowledgments received in response to the alert messages for each user.