Patent ID: 8677458

Claim:
A system for determining access privileges for transmitting mass notifications, comprising: a hardware processor configured to: transmit at least one notification to at least one recipient from a group of recipients; store information in a user module regarding user access privileges of at least one user group to transmit the at least one notification, the at least one user group comprising at least one user that inherits the user access privileges of the at least one user group, wherein the user access privileges are assigned to the at least one user group based on at least one of an intended recipient of the at least one user group and content of a notification to be transmitted from the at least one user group; and store information in an administration module regarding administrator access privileges of at least one administrator group, and access permission to transmit the at least one notification by the at least one user based on the at least one user's user access privileges, the at least one notification, and the at least one recipient, wherein the at least one administrator group comprises at least one administrator that inherits the administrator access privileges, and wherein the administration module is configurable by the at least one administrator based on the administrator access privileges.