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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Lisa M. Connelly, Lisle, IL (US);
Jacob Hillis, Aurora, IL (US);
Subhashish Ghosh, Naperville, IL (US);
Hawnli Nian, Wheaton, IL (US);
Anne Y. Lee, Naperville, IL (US);
Ma-lung Chung, Naperville, IL (US);
Lisa M. Connelly, Lisle, IL (US);
Jacob Hillis, Aurora, IL (US);
Subhashish Ghosh, Naperville, IL (US);
Hawnli Nian, Wheaton, IL (US);
Anne Y. Lee, Naperville, IL (US);
Ma-Lung Chung, Naperville, IL (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of operating a communication portal. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service. The method also includes generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group. The user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal. The method further includes transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers.