Patent ID: 7174216

Claim:
A system comprising: an implantable cardiac therapy device (ICTD); a computing network configured to communicate with notification devices; and a notification architecture implemented by the computing network to distribute a notification message to a user of the ICTD through the notification devices and according to different formats and protocols supported by the notification devices; wherein the notification architecture comprises: a processing layer to process the data received from the ICTD and generate a notification message based, at least in part, upon such data; and a notification layer, separate from the processing layer, to format and encode a notification message according to the formats and protocols supported by the notification devices; and wherein the computing network is configured to distribute the notification messages to notification devices selected from a group of notification devices comprising a computer, a portable computer, a personal digital assistant, a wireless phone, landline telephone, a pager, a facsimile, and a database.