Server-driven notifications to mobile applications

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor to:
• register a mobile computing device with a notification server, wherein the notification server is associated with a plurality of workflow servers that each correspond to one or more respective mobile applications;
• receive a first message associated with a first workflow server of the plurality of workflow servers, wherein the first message comprises a first payload identifying a first mobile application running on the mobile computing device and a first application-specific event associated with the first mobile application, wherein the first mobile application corresponds to the first workflow server;
• identify a local application programming interface (API) call based on a mapping between an object type for an object extracted from the first payload and one or more API call identifiers;
• invoking the identified local API call to translate the first payload into a first local notification for the first mobile application;
• upon displaying the first local notification on the mobile computing device, detect the first application-specific event in view of a user interface event associated with the first local notification;
• and
• transmit a notification to the first workflow server, the notification indicating that the user interface event corresponding to the first application-specific event was completed.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• register a mobile computing device with a notification server, wherein the notification server is associated with a plurality of workflow servers that each correspond to one or more respective mobile applications;
• receive, by the mobile computing device, a first message associated with a first workflow server of the plurality of workflow servers, wherein the first message comprises a first payload identifying a first mobile application running on the mobile computing device and a first application-specific event associated with the first mobile application, wherein the first mobile application corresponds to the first workflow server;
• identifying, by the mobile computing device, a local application programming interface (API) call based on a mapping between an object type for an object extracted from the first payload and one or more API call identifiers;
• invoking, by the mobile computing device, the identified local API call to translate the first payload into a first local notification for the first mobile application;
• upon displaying the first local notification on the mobile computing device, detect, by the mobile computing device, the first application-specific event in view of a user interface event associated with the first local notification;
• and
• transmit, by the mobile computing device, a notification to the first workflow server, the notification indicating that the user interface event corresponding to the first application-specific event was completed.