Patent ID: 6920204
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A computer based method for delivering severe weather warnings comprising the steps of: (a) forming a subscriber database of names and related phone numbers to each of the names with their respective geographic locations; (b) capturing a NWS Bulletin reciting the location of a severe storm; (c) validating a relevant Bulletin into a Valid Bulletin by determining from the storm's location and severity that it represents an imminent severe storm danger to at least one person of said database; (d) placing a call to persons in the database, within seconds of the release time of said National Weather Service Bulletin to the danger of the storm; (e) detecting either an answering machine or a live voice signal from each said telephone number of said persons; and (f) delivering the combined individualized first name personalized greeting followed by the Valid Bulletin to each of said persons in a non-truncated form, whereby said Valid Bulletin is continuously delivered to both answering machines and to live persons in a nontruncated form.