Patent ID: 7668919

Claim:
A notification method in a system having one or more server devices comprising: obtaining by one of the server devices of the system a notification message having been sent from a notification source according to a first open network protocol, the notification message specifying at least one notification recipient and notification information; accessing by the system a subscriber directory, according to a second open network protocol, for subscriber attribute information specifying subscriber notification preference for the specified at least one notification recipient; generating by the system, based on the subscriber notification preference, a notification delivery message that specifies a destination address of a corresponding notification device for the notification recipient; and outputting by the system the one notification delivery message to a selected corresponding one of a plurality of notification delivery processes for delivery of at least a portion of the one notification delivery message to the notification device according to a corresponding device protocol, at least one of the notification delivery processes includes multiple instances of the corresponding process, each instance configured for sending said at least a portion the one notification delivery message to the notification device according to the device protocol.