Patent ID: 7912899

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for sending a message on an instant messaging (IM) network, comprising: transforming a set of data elements from a plurality of active data sources, based in part on a set of rules, to a representation of said set of data elements calculating statistical data as a function of said set of data elements; monitoring said representation using said set of rules, for an event that triggers an event notification message to be transmitted in real time, said event notification message corresponding to a message type monitoring said statistical data for one of a plurality of statistically significant events, each predetermined to correspond with one of a plurality of event notification messages, said event notification message being one of the plurality of event notification messages; designating a plurality of wireless devices corresponding to said message type, at least a first wireless device being associated with a first user and at least a second wireless device being associated with a second user, the first user being ahead of the second user according to a predetermined hierarchy; prior to transmitting said event notification message to said first designated wireless device, ascertaining if said first designated wireless device, to which said event notification message is to be transmitted, is securely connected to said IM network based on information received via said IM network and is available for receipt of said event notification message according to a user-selected IM status; if said first designated wireless device is ascertained to be securely connected to said IM network based on said information received via said IM network and is available for receipt of said event notification message according to said user-selected IM status, transmitting said event notification message to said first designated wireless device; and if said first designated wireless device is ascertained to be not securely connected to said IM network based on said information received via said IM network and/or is not available for receipt of said event notification message according to said user-selected IM status, transmitting said event notification message to a second designated wireless device instead of said first designated wireless device, wherein said set of data elements pertain to information other than connectivity of said first designated device or said second designated device.