Patent ID: 7216145

Claim:
A method of transmitting an event notification, comprising the steps of: a. transmitting from a central computer at a central notification processing center to a first individual, via a not-automatically receipt confirmed transmission medium, a first data packet that includes a first event code, the first event code corresponding to a first event; b. upon receiving, by the central computer, a response communication from the first individual, transmitting a request from the central computer to the first individual requesting that the first individual respond with the first event code; c. if the first individual responds by transmitting to the central computer the first event code, then identifying the first event from the first event code; d. transmitting from the central computer instructions relating to the event to the first individual; e. transmitting from the central computer to a second individual, via a not-automatically receipt confirmed transmission medium, a second data packet that includes a second event code, the second event code corresponding to the first event; f. upon the central computer receiving a response communication from the second individual, transmitting a request from the central computer to the second individual requesting that the second individual respond with the second event code; g. identifying with the central computer the first event and the second individual from the second event code; and h. if the step of transmitting instructions relating to the first event to the first individual has been completed prior to the central computer receiving a response communication from the second individual, then transmitting from the central computer to the second individual an indication that the second individual is not required to respond to the first event.