Patent ID: 6094681
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method for providing automatic remote notification of a locally detected event comprising the steps of:designating at least one event as being of interest to a first user of a data network;monitoring specified user-intended messages received via said data network for conveying message information to said first user;electronically analyzing content of said specified messages to determine whether said content is indicative of occurrence of one of said designated events;determining whether said first user is available to receive an automated event notification at a specified local communication device on said data network if said content of one of said specified user-intended messages is determined to be indicative of occurrence of one of said designated events;automatically establishing a telecommunications link to a specified remote user communication device in response to a determination that said first user is unavailable to receive said automated event notification at said specified local communication device; andtransmitting said automated event notification to said specified remote user communication device via said telecommunications link;wherein said step of monitoring said specified user-intended messages includes receiving a web page update from a web server on the World Wide Web, said analyzing step including executing a search of data content of said web page update to detect an indication of an occurrence of one of said designated events.