Patent ID: 8799406

Claim:
A method of establishing a notification distribution, the method comprising: receiving user information in a notification database identifying at least one user notification recipient; receiving synchronization information from at least one entity configured to upload at least one notification intended for the at least one user notification recipient by periodically uploading appointment information which triggers at least one appointment reminder to be transmitted to the at least one user notification recipient ahead of a scheduled appointment time; receiving the at least one notification and storing the at least one notification in a transfer queue until a time window is invoked as determined by the at least one entity, wherein the time window includes a “window begin” parameter designating the earliest time in a date-time format at which the at least one notification can be transmitted and a “window end” parameter, designating the latest time in a date-time format at which the notification can be transmitted; transmitting the at least one notification to the at least one user notification recipient during the time window specified by the at least one entity, the at least one notification comprising the at least one appointment reminder; and responding, by the at least one user notification recipient, to the transmitted at least one notification, by performing at least one of: confirming the scheduled appointment time and unsubscribing from receiving the at least one notification.