Server cluster and method for push notification service
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKa-Ram Ko, Hee Seo, Jung-Hwan Choi, In-Gyu Kim
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Abstract
A server cluster and method for providing a push notification service are provided. The method includes searching for, by a management server cluster, a first push server corresponding to predetermined search criteria from among a plurality of push servers upon receiving a request to connect with a push server from a mobile terminal; providing, by the management server cluster, connection information regarding the found first push server to the mobile terminal; and delivering, by the first push server, upon generation of a notification event after connecting with the mobile terminal, event information corresponding to the push notification event to the connected mobile terminal.
Claims6
A push notification system for providing a push notification service, the system comprising:
- a push server configured to transmit a push notification to an electronic device in response to receiving a push notification event from a push notification providing server;
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- a management server configured to register the electronic device with the push notification system to receive push notifications from the push notification system, in response to receiving a request from the electronic device to register the electronic device with the push notification system to obtain the push notification service from the push notification system, and provide, to the electronic device, a response to the request, the response comprising information for enabling the push notification providing server to request the push server to transmit the push notification to the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.