US 2018/0124195 A1 · PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE USER DEVICES

Abstract

A server network accepts asynchronous notification messages from multiple application servers and efficiently routes notification messages in the form of notification taps to a user device, which can operate in a low power mode. The user device may or may not be a cellular device. The server network maintains states for the user devices in terms of identifiers useful for routing. A network server proximate to the user device registers the identifiers useful for routing the notifications. When the server network receives a notification from a source application, the proximate network server determines a routing based on the registration and sends a notification tap to the user device. The user device can obtain notification content sourced by the source application. The user device can delegate the role of receiving notification taps to a delegate device, where the delegate device may have wall-power and/or a wired or wireless network connection.

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Dependent claims

A method for delivering notifications to a device, the method comprising:

by a network server:
receiving, from the device, a message comprising:
a user account identifier, a global user identifier (GUID), and a device identifier;
creating an entry in a device registry, the entry comprising:
the user account identifier, the device identifier, and the GUID;
receiving from an application server a notification including the user account identifier;
determining a network address of a gateway associated with the device based at least in part on the user account identifier and the entry in the device registry;
and
sending a notification tap corresponding to the notification to the device associated with the GUID via the gateway using the network address of the gateway associated with the device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Push notifications for multiple user devices

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Push notifications for multiple user devices

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Abstract

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