Patent ID: 8280012

Claim:
A method of managing electronic notifications, the method comprising: storing in non-transitory, tangible computer readable memory associated with a notification system a first role designation for a first user, wherein the first role designation is associated with a first plurality of permissions, including permissions to: add members to an organization set; halt notification broadcasts before they are completed; initiate notifications to members in the organization set; review notification broadcast results for notification broadcasts to members of the organization set; define groups, including at least a first group, the groups including subsets of the organization set members; and delegate at least a portion of first role permissions to selected organization set members; storing in non-transitory, tangible computer readable memory a second role designation for a second user, wherein the second role designation is associated with a subset of the first plurality of permissions, the subset including less than all first plurality of permissions, the subset of permissions including at least permissions to: initiate notifications to members in the first group; review notification broadcast results for notification broadcasts to members of the first group; and storing in non-transitory, tangible computer readable memory a third role designation for a third user, wherein the third role designation is associated with at least permissions to provide notification contact paths for the third user.