Patent ID: 8190687

Claim:
A multimedia architecture, comprising: a messaging server providing profile matching and authentication of login information of an end user attempting to post an emergency multimedia message; an alerting platform in communication with the messaging server, the alerting platform configured to determine a set of relevant recipients for the emergency multimedia message based on a stored delivery plan, and configured to send an alert message to the relevant recipients notifying the relevant recipients that the emergency multimedia message is available and including access information instructing the relevant recipients how to access the emergency multimedia message; and a multimedia platform in communication with the messaging server and the alerting platform, configured to receive requests for the emergency multimedia message from a plurality of the recipients in response to the alert message, and configured to deliver the emergency multimedia message to the each of the relevant recipients that request delivery during an active user session, wherein the emergency multimedia message is unavailable for delivery to relevant recipients that request delivery after expiration of the active user session, the multimedia platform comprising: a multimedia delivery manager; and a multimedia content manager configured to receive configuration information to configure the emergency multimedia message for delivery by the multimedia delivery manager and configured to transmit a multimedia file including the emergency multimedia message to the multimedia delivery manager.