Patent ID: 7895058

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: storing, in a database or in a memory device, information regarding a request by an employee or a benefit beneficiary to be notified regarding at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package, wherein the benefit or the benefit package is not available to the employee or the benefit beneficiary in or pursuant to an employment relationship prior to the at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package; detecting the at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package, wherein the at least one of a posting of the offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package is automatically detected by a processing device in response to the request by an employee or a benefit beneficiary to be notified regarding the at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package; generating, with the processing device or with a computer, a first message containing information regarding the at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package, wherein the first message is automatically generated by the processing device or by the computer upon the automatic detection of the at least one of a posting of an offering of a benefit and a posting of an offer to sell a benefit or a benefit package; transmitting, with or from a transmitter or with or from the computer, the first message to a first communication device associated with the employee or the benefit beneficiary; receiving, with a receiver or with the computer, a second message transmitted from the first communication device or transmitted from a second communication device associated with the employee or the benefit beneficiary, wherein the second message contains information regarding a request to enroll the employee or the benefit beneficiary in the benefit or in the benefit package; and enrolling the employee or the benefit beneficiary in the benefit or the benefit package.