MESSAGE NOTIFICATION SERVICES

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
BABY'S FIRST PHONE CALL	SPOK, INC.	6th Floor 5911 Kingstowne Village Parkway Alexandria VA 22315	Message notification services, namely, electronic notification services for automated notification to a pre-entered list of individuals regarding the birth of a child, namely, the transmission of text, images, video and audio files via a computer network, a global computer network, email, telephone and/or facsimile; and message receiving services, namely, receiving messages from those individuals notified by means of the electronic notification services;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A more efficient message notification system utilizing technology found in Instant Messaging Services. The more efficient system is achieved by first registering a Message Notification Application with an Instant Messaging Service. A user logs onto the Instant Messaging Service and indicates to the Message Notification Application that the user would like to be notified when new messages arrive. The Message Notification Application then adds the user to its own buddy list. The user is notified by the Message Notification Application through the Instant Messaging Service when a message is received. The user can then retrieve messages through an internet appliance with sound capabilities, or by utilizing the voice-to-text conversion capabilities of the application from the voice messaging or unified messaging server, or by more traditional methods such as a telephone.