Patent ID: 8230011
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G08B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer alert system for reporting on-line harassment, said computer alert system comprising: a) a personal computing device operated by a user; b) local alert software installed on the personal computing device, said local alert software capable of being activated by said user by clicking on a unique onscreen icon, such as when said user judges that at least one current activity on the personal computing device has been subjected to on-line harassment, the user immediately clicks on the unique onscreen icon to collect current electronic evidences of the on-line harassment, wherein the electronic evidence is a captured image of the user personal computing device screen at the time the unique onscreen icon was triggered; c) a dedicated alert server computer; d) a communication software installed on the dedicated alert server computed; e) wherein the activation of the local alert software by the user causes the local alert software to immediately collect and store electronic evidences of the on-line harassment event resident on the personal computing device and causes the communication software to send a predefined alert message to a predefined list of recipients anonymously.