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Method of utilizing forced alerts for interactive remote communications

DC CAFC
  • US 8,213,970 B2
  • Filed: 11/26/2008
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system for transmitting, receiving, confirming receipt, and responding to an electronic message, comprising:

  • a predetermined network of participants, wherein each participant has a similarly equipped PDA/cell phone that includes a CPU and a touch screen display a CPU and memory;

    a data transmission means that facilitates the transmission of electronic files between said PDA/cell phones in different locations;

    a sender PDA/cell phone and at least one recipient PDA/cell phone for each electronic message;

    a forced message alert software application program including a list of required possible responses to be selected by a participant recipient of a forced message response loaded on each participating PDA/cell phone;

    means for attaching a forced message alert software packet to a voice or text message creating a forced message alert that is transmitted by said sender PDA/cell phone to the recipient PDA/cell phone, said forced message alert software packet containing a list of possible required responses and requiring the forced message alert software on said recipient PDA/cell phone to transmit an automatic acknowledgment to the sender PDA/cell phone as soon as said forced message alert is received by the recipient PDA/cell phone;

    means for requiring a required manual response from the response list by the recipient in order to clear recipient'"'"'s response list from recipient'"'"'s cell phone display;

    means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell phones have automatically acknowledged the forced message alert and which recipient PDA/cell phones have not automatically acknowledged the forced message alert;

    means for periodically resending said forced message alert to said recipient PDA/cell phones that have not automatically acknowledged the forced message alert; and

    means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell phones have transmitted a manual response to said forced message alert and details the response from each recipient PDA/cell phone that responded.

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