Patent ID: 6874011

Claim:
A notification method comprising: obtaining a notification message having been sent from a notification source according to a first open network protocol, the notification message specifying at least one notification recipient and notification information; accessing a subscriber directory, according to a second open network protocol, for subscriber attribute information specifying subscriber notification preference for the specified at least one notification recipient; generating, based on the subscriber notification preference, a notification delivery message that specifies a destination address of a corresponding notification device for the notification recipient and at least a corresponding selected portion of the notification information; and outputting, according to a third open network protocol, the one notification delivery message to a selected corresponding one of a plurality of notification delivery processes for delivery of the selected portion of the notification information to the notification device according to a corresponding device protocol, at least one of the notification delivery processes including multiple instances of the corresponding process, each instance configured for sending the notification information to the notification device according to the device protocol, the outputting step including selecting one of the instances as the selected one notification delivery process.