Patent ID: 7664233

Claim:
A telephonic notification system, comprising: a Web server configured to serve a Web page that requests from a user: a first set of user contacts to be used to provide emergency notifications to the user by the telephonic notification system in response to a notification process initiated by an organization associated with the user, wherein the first set of contacts includes at least a first phone number; a first set of priorities corresponding to the first set of user contacts, wherein the notification system will attempt to provide emergency notifications via the first set user contacts in an order based at least in part on the first set of priorities; a second set of user contacts to be used to provide non-emergency notifications to the user by the telephonic notification system, wherein the first set of user contacts and the second set of user contacts differ at least in part; a second set of priorities corresponding to the second set of user contacts, wherein the notification system will attempt to provide non-emergency notifications via the second set user contacts in an order based at least in part on the second set of priorities, wherein the first set of priorities and the second set of priorities differ at least in part; a database configured to store the first set of user contacts, the first set of priorities, the second set of user contacts, and the second set priorities; and a voice interface circuit configured to transmit a voice notification to at least one of the first set of user contacts and the second set of user contacts.