Computer system for business applications with alert notification and conditional enforcing

摘要

In a computer system (999), peripheral computers (901/902) with business applications (201/202) send alert messages (211/212) to a central computer (900) when a current variable exceeds a reference value. The central computer implements an alert server to notivy (301) a target group of multiple users (1, 2, 3) via communication devices (903, 904, 905). The central computer escalates further notification (321) to a suvervisor user (4) in the event that during a predetermined time period no user of the group has confirmed reception. The notifications (301, 321) have predefined fixed and variable text portion that relate to the alert type. The group of users (1, 2, 3) to be notified is determined by subscription or by a role-to-application assignment.