Notification system
AssigneeWendell A. Thomas
InventorWendell A. Thomas
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Abstract
A method for providing a notification includes receiving a notification request at a central location. The notification request includes an audible message, a notification time, and a destination. The audible message is stored at the central location and associated with the notification time and destination. A current time is determined and compared with the determined notification time. The method further includes connecting a telephone call to the destination based on the determination and transmitting the stored audible message to the destination during the telephone call based on the connection.
Claims20
A method for providing a notification, the method comprising:
- storing a notification request at a home unit;
- receiving the notification request at a central location, the notification request comprising an audible message, a notification time, and a destination;
- storing the audible message at the central location;
- associating the audible message with the notification time and destination;
- determining a current time;
- comparing the determined current time to the notification time;
- connecting a telephone call to the destination based on the determination;
- and
- transmitting the stored audible message to the destination during the telephone call based on the connection.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer readable code for providing a notification, the medium comprising:
- computer readable code for storing a notification request at a home unit;
- computer readable code for receiving the notification request at a central location, the notification request comprising an audible message, a notification time, and a destination;
- computer readable code for storing the audible message at the central location;
- computer readable code for associating the audible message with the notification time and destination;
- computer readable code for determining a current time;
- computer readable code for comparing the determined current time to the notification time;
- computer readable code for connecting a telephone call to the destination based on the determination;
- and
- computer readable code for transmitting the stored audible message to the destination during the telephone call based on the connection.
A system for providing a notification, the system comprising:
- means for storing at a home unit a notification time, audible message and destination;
- means for receiving at a central location the stored notification time, audible message and destination;
- means for storing at the central location the received notification time, audible message and destination;
- means for determining a current time;
- means for comparing the determined current time to the notification time;
- means for connecting a telephone call to the destination based on the determination;
- and
- means for transmitting the stored audible message to the destination during the telephone call based on the connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.