Processing actionable notifications

A communications-network-connected client device comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processor units;
• a notification server interface stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processor units, the notification server interface configured to receive a notification including a notification UI form specification and a callback specification from a notification server, the notification being sent to the notification server interface by the notification server in response to a notification request received from an application server associated with an application installed on the client device, the callback specification specifying both an expected callback from a user in response to the notification and a uniform resource identifier (URI) or uniform resource locator (URL), the notification pertaining to the application installed on the client device;
• a notification UI forms processing module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processor units, the notification UI forms processing module configured to present a notification UI form for the received notification and defined by the notification UI form specification for display in a user interface of the client device without invoking the installed application, the notification UI form including at least one input control;
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• an input/output module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processor units, the input/output module configured to collect user input associated with the installed application via the at least one input control of the notification UI form displayed in the user interface of the client device without invoking the installed application and to communicate the collected user input to the application server associated with the installed application that the notification pertains to according to the callback specification without invoking the installed application.

One or more tangible computer-readable storage media storing computer executable instructions for performing a computer process on a client device, the computer process comprising:

• receiving, at an operating system of the client device, a notification including a notification UI form specification and a callback specification, the notification being sent to a client device by a notification server in response to a notification request received from an application server associated with an application installed on the client device, and the callback specification specifying both an expected callback in response to the notification and a uniform resource identifier (URI) or uniform resource locator (URL), the notification pertaining to the application installed on the client device;
• displaying, by the operating system of the client device and without invoking the installed application, a notification UI form for the received notification and defined by the notification UI form specification in a user interface of the client device, the notification UI form including at least one input control;
• collecting user input associated with the installed application via the at least one input control of the notification UI form displayed in the user interface of the client device according to the callback specification;
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• communicating the collected user input from the operating system of the client device to the application server associated with the installed application that the notification pertains to according to the callback specification without invoking the installed application.