Method and apparatus of providing notification services to smartphone devices

An apparatus configured to provide notifications to a mobile station user, the apparatus comprising:

• a receiver configured to
• receive a user registration for a notification application and storing the corresponding user registration information in a notification database, the user registration information comprising a quick response (QR) code scan entry identified by the mobile station and associated with at least one business entity;
• receive at least one business entity designation from the mobile station identifying the at least one business entity from which the user desires to receive notifications, responsive to the QR code scan entry;
• a processor and memory communicably coupled to the processor, the processor configured to
• link the user registration information and the at least one business entity designation in the notification database to provide a link between notifications scheduled by the at least one business entity, and at least one notification to be sent to the mobile station;
• identify a send window parameter comprising a window begin parameter and a window end parameter which together define a predetermined send window in the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station;
• schedule the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station based on the predetermined send window;
• and
• a transmitter configured to transmit the at least one notification to the mobile station during the predetermined send window responsive to the at least one business entity designation.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform establishing a notification distribution, the processor being further configured to perform:

• receiving a user registration for a notification application and storing the corresponding user registration information in a notification database, the user registration information comprising a quick response (QR) code scan entry identified by the mobile station and associated with at least one business entity;
• receiving at least one business entity designation from the mobile station identifying the at least one business entity from which the user desires to receive notifications, responsive to the QR code scan entry;
• linking the user registration information and the at least one business entity designation in the notification database to provide a link between notifications scheduled by the at least one business entity, and at least one notification to be sent to the mobile station;
• identifying a send window parameter comprising a window begin parameter and a window end parameter which together define a predetermined send window in the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station;
• scheduling the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station based on the predetermined send window;
• and
• transmitting the at least one notification to the mobile station during the predetermined send window responsive to the at least one business entity designation.