Abstract: A method for determining the time required for a server to effect a telephone ring signal at a client computer, the method including tracking elapsed time concurrently at the server and the client computer, initiating a telephone call from the sever to the client computer after a specified time period has elapsed, detecting at least one telephone ring signal at the client computer, recording the time at which the telephone ring signal is detected at the client computer, and transmitting the recorded time to the server.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for location independent and platform independent network signaling, signal interpreting and action initiating according to the present invention. The invention's method and system provide a mechanism whereby a user can receive time-sensitive notifications regarding an event on an electronic device from a network through various suitable electronic communication mediums and using various signaling mechanisms. The user then initiates, or alternatively the user's device automatically performs, an appropriate action or actions in response to the notification alert. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the network synchronizes, along with the sending of the notification signal to the user, a customized response path for the user to utilize so as to reduce the number of steps and thus simplify the user's input with respect to performing the response actions.