Patent ID: 7621443

Claim:
In a first computer device, a method comprising: linking an alert to an occurrence of a specific activity within a customer account, which account is accessible via a network-connected device, wherein said alert has one or more characteristics associated therewith, including whether the alert is confidential or non-confidential, wherein said linking further comprises: displaying a user interface that includes one or more alerts and one or more activities that may be linked to the one or more alerts; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one or more different alerts to link to one or more activities that may occur within the customer account, wherein each alert identifies one or more of the activities, wherein when multiple different activities are associated with one or more alerts, the one or more alerts are forwarded to the network-connected device to signal the occurrence of the multiple different activities; and storing the selected one or more alerts along with information identifying the one or more activities to which the alert is linked, wherein said storing associates the alert and information with the customer account; monitoring for the activity within said customer account that is related to the alert selected by the customer; and in response to the occurrence of the activity, automatically forwarding the alert for outputting at the network-connected device during a subsequent access of said customer account via the network-connected device, wherein the alert is forwarded for outputting utilizing an output mechanism of the network-connected device to signal the occurrence of the activity within said customer account, wherein an outputting of the alert at the ATM is affected by a confidentiality characteristic associated with the alert.