US 11,895,210 B2Granted

Targeted notification of content availability to a mobile device

AssigneeSeven Networks, LLC

InventorsRobert Paul van Gent, Ido Ariel

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Abstract

A system includes a first computing device client associated with a first user in a community of users operable to send content to publish to a data aggregation server. The data aggregation server is operable to receive the content to publish from the first computing device client, host a first user profile associated with the first user of the first computing device client, the first user profile identifying a targeted recipient in the community of users, and disseminate automatically the content received from the first computing device client to a second computing device client associated with the targeted recipient, without receiving input from the first computing device client explicitly specifying the targeted recipient to whom the content is disseminated.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A system for publishing information to communities of users of a service, the system comprising:

one or more hardware processors configured to:
receive new content to publish from a first device, wherein the first device is associated with a user in a community of users;
host a first user profile associated with the user of the first device;
host a second user profile associated with a user of a second device;
store relationship data of the first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the user of the first device and one or more other users in the community of users,
wherein a relationship is established when the user of the first device sends a relationship request to the user of the second device from the first device and the user of the second device confirms the relationship request on the second device;
identify targeted recipients in the community of users based on the relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users;
authenticate the user of the first device and the user of the second device,
wherein authentication is performed by comparing information provided by the user being authenticated with information stored by the system;
and
send a message to the second device related to the new content,
wherein the message contains an indication of the new content, and
wherein the message is sent through an intermediary server that provides wireless connectivity between the second device and the system;
and
disseminate the new content received from the first device to the second device without receiving input from the first device explicitly specifying the targeted recipients,
wherein the user of the second device is one of the targeted recipients,
wherein the new content is disseminated to the second device in response to receiving a request from the second device requesting the new content after the message has been sent to the second device, and
wherein the new content is disseminated over a connection that is independent of the intermediary server.

15 more elements

A method of operating a system to publish information to communities of users of a service, the method comprising:

receiving new content to publish from a first device, wherein the first device is associated with a user in a community of users;
hosting a first user profile associated with the user of the first device;
hosting a second user profile associated with a user of a second device;
storing relationship data of the first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the user of the first device and one or more other users in a community of users,
wherein a relationship is established when the user of the first device sends a relationship request to the user of the second device from the first device and the user of the second device confirms the relationship request on the second device;
identifying targeted recipients in the community of users based on the relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users;
authenticating the user of the first device and the user of the second device,
wherein authentication is performed by comparing information provided by the user being authenticated with information stored by the system;
and
sending a message to the second device related to the new content,
wherein the message contains an indication of the new content, and
wherein the message is sent through an intermediary server that provides wireless connectivity between the second device and the system;
and
disseminating the new content received from the first device to the second device without receiving input from the first device explicitly specifying the targeted recipients,
wherein the user of the second device is one of the targeted recipients,
wherein the new content is disseminated to the second device in response to receiving a request from the second device requesting the new content after the message has been sent to the second device, and
wherein the new content is disseminated over a connection that is independent of the intermediary server.

14 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/099,737Filed 20 Jan 2023 · continuation
Priority: 1 Aug 2005
Published: US 2023/0118643 A125 May 2023
Granted: 6 Feb 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification28 codes

G06F 16/958
Retrieval from the web: organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
G06F 7/00
Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or
G06Q 10/109
Office automation; Time management: time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
G06Q 10/40
Administration; Management: business processes related to social networking or social networking services

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