Systems and methods for event aggregation to reduce network bandwidth and improve network and activity feed server efficiency

A server for aggregating events for remote client devices, comprising:

• a processor and memory;
• a network interface;
• an event database;
• an activity feed application that is executed by the processor and memory and that is configured to:
• receive a single request from a client device via the network interface, wherein the single request includes a first coordinated universal time (UTC) time interval associated with a first event type and a second UTC time interval associated with the first event type;
• aggregate corresponding events of the first event type in the event database for the client device during the first UTC interval and the second UTC interval;
• and
• generate a single response to the client device.

A server for aggregating events for remote client devices, comprising:

• a processor and memory;
• a network interface;
• an event database;
• an activity feed application that is executed by the processor and memory and that is configured to:
• pre-aggregate events for a plurality of client devices by event type during time windows to generate pre-aggregated event counts;
• receive a single request from one of the client devices via the network interface including a first coordinated universal time (UTC) time interval associated with a first event type and a second UTC time interval associated with the first event type;
• generate a first count and a second count by aggregating corresponding pre-aggregated event counts during the first UTC interval for the first event type and the second UTC interval for the first event type, respectively;
• and
• generate a single response for the client device including the first count and the second count.