Patent ID: 8213970
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication system for transmitting, receiving, confirming receipt, and responding to an electronic message, comprising: a predetermined network of participants, wherein each participant has a similarly equipped PDA/cell phone that includes a CPU and a touch screen display a CPU and memory; a data transmission means that facilitates the transmission of electronic files between said PDA/cell phones in different locations; a sender PDA/cell phone and at least one recipient PDA/cell phone for each electronic message; a forced message alert software application program including a list of required possible responses to be selected by a participant recipient of a forced message response loaded on each participating PDA/cell phone; means for attaching a forced message alert software packet to a voice or text message creating a forced message alert that is transmitted by said sender PDA/cell phone to the recipient PDA/cell phone, said forced message alert software packet containing a list of possible required responses and requiring the forced message alert software on said recipient PDA/cell phone to transmit an automatic acknowledgment to the sender PDA/cell phone as soon as said forced message alert is received by the recipient PDA/cell phone; means for requiring a required manual response from the response list by the recipient in order to clear recipient's response list from recipient's cell phone display; means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell phones have automatically acknowledged the forced message alert and which recipient PDA/cell phones have not automatically acknowledged the forced message alert; means for periodically resending said forced message alert to said recipient PDA/cell phones that have not automatically acknowledged the forced message alert; and means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell phones have transmitted a manual response to said forced message alert and details the response from each recipient PDA/cell phone that responded.