Patent ID: 8886924
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An alert system, comprising: an alert sender module configured to send an encrypted alert using a communication protocol that is not subject to restrictions associated with one or more internet security firewalls; an alert routing module using a processor having a registry and being configured to receive the encrypted alert from the alert sender module regardless of the presence of the internet security firewall and process the encrypted alert according to a security mechanism associated with the registry; an alert controller module having a processor configured to accept the encrypted alert from the alert routing module according to the security mechanism; an alert mechanism having at least one alert device linked to the alert controller module; the alert routing module configured to register in the registry a plurality of alert controller modules located at different locations, and select at least one alert controller module from the registry upon receiving the encrypted alert; and the selected alert controller module configured to decrypt the encrypted alert and control an alert device in response to the decrypted alert.