Patent ID: 6459913
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A unified alerting device that alerts a subscriber in a communication network, comprising:a database including a subscriber profile; a network interface; and a controller coupled to the database and the network interface, the controller receiving an alert event from the network via the network interface, filtering the alert event based on subscriber filtering data by executing a program that performs logical functions entered by the subscriber, and alerting the subscriber via a device based on the subscriber profile retrieved from the database and a result of the filtering, wherein the logical functions include a combination of one or more conditions and one or more actions, and wherein the subscriber profile includes a schedule of availability for a plurality of devices that specifies a date and time for each of the devices that may be used to alert the subscriber and a priority specification indicates a priority of each of the devices that are available for a common period of time and are accessible by the subscriber.