Method and computer program product to provide synch notifications to client devices

A system for providing a sync notification to a client device, said system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured for performing the steps of:
• receiving notification that an event of interest has been received;
• in response to receiving the notification, determining a state of the client device, said state indicating whether or not the device has outstanding sync notifications prior to the receipt the received notification, said state being determined based on a trackingGUID and a syncGUID;
• determining if a current time is less than a timeout set based on the confidence level of the network wherein the timeout indicates how long to wait to retry sending the notification to the device;
• sending the sync notification to the client device if the state of the client device indicates that the client device has at least one outstanding sync notification prior to the receipt the received notification and the current time is not less than a timeout;
• and
• not sending the sync notification to the client device if the state of the client device indicates that the client device has at least one outstanding sync notification prior to the receipt the received notification and the current time is less than a timeout.

A method to provide a sync notification to a client device comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by a computer, a notification that an event of interest has occurred;
• in response to the notification, retrieving, by the computer, a device/configuration file of the client device, said device/configuration file including a syncGUID and a trackingGUID, said syncGUID being updated after each successful device synchronization of the client device for indicating a state of the client device, and said trackingGUID being set to equal the last known syncGUID for the client device;
• determining the state of the client device prior to receipt of the received notification based on the trackingGUID, wherein the client device is in an up-to-date state when the trackingGUID does not equal the syncGUID indicating the client device has performed a sync since a previous notification was processed and wherein the client device is in a pending synchronization state when the trackingGUID equals the syncGUID indicating the client device has not performed a sync since the previous notification was processed;
• sending the sync notification to the client device and re-setting the trackingGUID to equal the syncGUID when the determined state of the client device prior to the receipt of the received notification is the up-to-date state;
• and
• not sending the sync notification to the client device when the determined state of the client device prior to the receipt of the received notification is the pending synchronization state.