Automated delivery of alerts with confirmation of receipt

A computer system for transmitting alerts, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a computer-readable storage medium operatively coupled to at least one of the processors;
• and
• a memory, operatively coupled to at least one of the processors;
• wherein the computer system is configured to participate in a data network with a plurality of clients and to communicate via the data network with a plurality of destinations;
• and
• wherein the memory contains instructions that, when executed by at least one of the processors, causes the computer system to carry out a method that comprises:
• storing information that associates a recipient individually with at least a first destination, a second destination, and a third destination, the recipient being an entity, the first destination being a first client, and the third destination not being a client;
• transmitting via the data network, to the first destination, first information that comprises an alert;
• effectively simultaneously with transmitting the first information to the first client, transmitting to the second destination second information that comprises the alert;
• receiving via the data network third information indicating that the first client has executed instructions to cause the first client to present the alert visually, on an electronic display directly coupled to the first client, at a first time, wherein the third information includes the first time and does not indicate whether the first client has received user input acknowledging receipt of the alert;
• and
• in response to receiving the third information, storing in the computer-readable storage medium a record that the first information was presented by the first client, the record comprising the first time.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processor comprised by a computer system that participates in a data network with a plurality of clients, is configured to communicate via the data network with a plurality of destinations, and comprises a memory operatively coupled to at least one of the processors, causes the computer system to carry out a method that comprises:

• storing information that associates a recipient individually with at least a first destination, a second destination, and a third destination, the recipient being an entity, the first destination being a first client, and the third destination not being a client;
• transmitting via the data network, to the first destination, first information that comprises an alert;
• effectively simultaneously with transmitting the first information to the first client, transmitting to the second destination second information that comprises the alert;
• receiving via the data network third information indicating that the first client has executed instructions to cause the first client to present the alert visually, on an electronic display directly coupled to the first client, at a first time, wherein the third information includes the first time and does not indicate whether the first client has received user input acknowledging receipt of the alert;
• and
• in response to receiving the third information, storing in the computer-readable storage medium a record that the first information was presented by the first client, the record comprising the first time.