Method and Arrangement For Handling A Subscription For Client Data

An arrangement in a user equipment of a watching client for withholding notifications with client data of at least one observed client when the watching client has an ongoing subscription for receiving said notifications from a client data server, the arrangement comprising:

• means for receiving a subscription suspend trigger, either as a manual user input command or automatically when the user is occupied in a session or call or when the user has been inactive for a preset duration;
• means for sending a subscription suspend message to the client data server during the ongoing subscription in response to the subscription suspend trigger, the subscription suspend message indicating that client data notifications should be temporarily withheld while retaining said subscription;
• means for subsequently receiving a subscription resume trigger, either as a manual user input command or automatically when the session or call is finished or when the user becomes active again after a period of inactivity;
• means for sending a subscription resume message to the client data server in response to the subscription resume trigger, the subscription resume message indicating that the suspended subscription shall be resumed and allowing client data notifications to be delivered again;
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• means for subsequently receiving client data notifications according to said subscription.

A method of withholding notifications with client data of at least one observed client to a watching client, as executed by a client data server that provides the notifications, wherein the watching client has an ongoing subscription for receiving the notifications from the client data server, the method comprising the following steps:

• receiving by the client data server, a subscription suspend message from the watching client during the ongoing subscription, the subscription suspend message indicating that the client data notifications should be temporarily withheld while retaining said subscription;
• withholding by the client data server, the client data notifications while retaining said subscription and server resources needed for providing the client data notifications;
• subsequently receiving by the client data server, a subscription resume message from the watching client, the subscription resume message indicating that client data notifications should be delivered again;
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• sending client data notifications from the client data server to the watching client according to said subscription, in response to said subscription resume message.

An arrangement in a client data server that provides to a watching client, notifications with client data of at least one observed client, the arrangement for temporarily withholding said notifications to the watching client when the watching client has an ongoing subscription for receiving said notifications from the client data server, the arrangement comprising:

• means for receiving a subscription suspend message from the watching client during the ongoing subscription, the subscription suspend message indicating that client data notifications should be temporarily withheld while retaining said subscription;
• means for withholding said client data notifications while retaining said subscription and server resources needed for providing said client data notifications;
• means for subsequently receiving a subscription resume message from the watching client, the subscription resume message indicating that client data notifications should be delivered again;
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• means for sending client data notifications to the watching client according to said subscription, in response to said subscription resume message.