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US 10,371,472 B2Granted
System and method for event triggered information distribution
AssigneeMetropolitan Life Insurance Co.
InventorGary Hoberman
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Abstract
System and computer-based method for automatically distributing information upon the occurrence of predefined events is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a tool that provides an intuitive interface that allows users to easily create content to be stored and delivered. In a preferred embodiment, the system provides an effective information delivery system that leverages social networking.
Claims17
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor at a server, from a user computer of a user, via a distributed network, user-provided information for distribution, distribution criteria to facilitate future oriented planned communication,
- wherein said distribution criteria comprises contact information of a recipient for receiving the user-provided information, a predefined event for triggering the distribution of the user-provided information to the recipient, contact information of a plurality of proxies for confirming occurrence of the predefined event before triggering the distribution of the user-provided information to the recipient, and a confidence threshold of proxy confirmation,
- wherein said predefined event is biographically or temporally associated with said user or said recipient and includes death, engagement, school graduation, birthday, specific date/time, job promotion, new job, first job, marriage, prom, sweet sixteen, college acceptance, and birth of grandchildren;
- sending, by the processor, an instruction to a non-transitory storage medium at the server to store the user-provided information and the distribution criteria;
- receiving, by the processor, an instruction indicating occurrence of the predefined event;
- sending, by the processor, an instruction to the plurality of proxies based on the contact information of the proxies seeking confirmation of the occurrence of the predefined event;
- receiving, by the processor, a confirmation result from the proxies;
- comparing, by the processor, the confirmation result to the confidence threshold of proxy confirmation;
- determining, by the processor, that the confirmation result satisfies the confidence threshold;
- identifying, by the processor, the user-provided information relevant to said predefined event;
- accessing the non-transitory storage medium for the stored contact information of the recipient;
- and
- transmitting, via said distributed network, a message related to the user-provided information to the recipient based on the accessed contact information of the recipient after determining that the confirmation result satisfies the confidence threshold.
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A computer system for processing event driven data, comprising:
- a client computer of a client for providing client-provided information for distribution to a recipient based on occurrence of a predefined event;
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- a server in communication with the client computer via a distributed network, the server including:
- a non-transitory storage medium;
- and
- a processor in communication with the non-transitory storage medium, the processor configured to:
- receive, from the client computer, the client-provided information for distribution, contact information of the recipient, the predefined event for trigging the distribution of the client-provided information to the recipient, and contact information of a plurality of proxies for confirming occurrence of the predefined event before triggering the distribution of the client-provided information to the recipient, and a confidence threshold of proxy confirmation;
- send an instruction to the non-transitory storage medium to store the client-provided information, the contact information related to the recipient, the predefined event for triggering the distribution of the client-provided information, and the contact information of the proxy;
- receive an instruction indicating occurrence of the predefined event;
- wherein the predefined event includes death, engagement, school graduation, birthday, specific date/time, job promotion, new job, first job, marriage, prom, sweet sixteen, college acceptance, and birth of grandchildren;
- send an instruction to the plurality of proxies based on the contact information of the proxies seeking confirmation of the occurrence of the predefined event;
- receive a confirmation result from the proxies;
- compare, the confirmation result to the confidence threshold of proxy confirmation;
- determine that the confirmation result satisfies the confidence threshold;
- access the non-transitory storage medium for the stored contact information of the recipient;
- and send the client-provided information to the recipient based on the accessed contact information of the recipient after determining that the confirmation result satisfies the confidence threshold.
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