Push notification management

A computer system for reducing the display of duplicate push notifications in a device having a plurality of applications, the duplicate push notifications being generated by one of the plurality of applications, comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system comprises:
• an installation module which identifies a first one of the plurality of applications as a preferred one of the plurality of applications from which push notifications are to be displayed on the device;
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• an execution module comprising:
• a focus determination module which determines the focus of each of the duplicate push notifications;
• a focus similarity detection module which determines whether the focus of a first push notification received from the first one of the plurality of applications is the same as the focus of a second push notification received from a second one of the plurality of applications by having requested a user of the device to provide input as to similarity and updating a remote database based on the user input, the input being operable to be used with other devices of different users having the first one and the second one of the plurality of applications;
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• a notification display module which, responsive to the focus of the first push notification being the same as the focus of the second push notification, and based on a predetermined time that elapsed between the first push notification and the second push notification, based on a historical analysis of an amount of time that lapses between notifications of the determined focus, displays on the device only the first push notification.

A computer program product for reducing the display of duplicate push notifications in a device having a plurality of applications, the duplicate push notifications being generated by one of the plurality of applications, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
• identify a first one of the plurality of applications as a preferred one of the plurality of applications from which push notifications are to be displayed on the device;
• determine the focus of each of the duplicate push notifications;
• determine whether the focus of a first push notification received from the first one of the plurality of applications is the same as the focus of a second push notification received from a second one of the plurality of applications by having requested a user of the device to provide input as to similarity and updating a remote database based on the user input, the input being operable to be used with other devices of different users having the first one and the second one of the plurality of applications;
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• responsive to the focus of the first push notification being the same as the focus of the second push notification, and based on a predetermined time that elapsed between the first push notification and the second push notification, based on a historical analysis of an amount of time that lapses between notifications of the determined focus, display on the device only the first push notification.