Browser-based alerting system
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsThomas Christian Wiltzius, Kathryn Cushing, Gregory Matthew Marra, Gideon Wald
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for displaying alerts in a web browser. An alert repeater is configured to receive an alert from an alert provider. A geographical determiner is configured to determine an effective geographical area for the alert. The alert repeater sends the alert over a browser update communication channel to an alert receiver in a web browser within effective geographical area. The alert receiver then displays the alert in the web browser.
Claims26
A system of alerting comprising:
- an alert repeater, configured to:
- receive an alert over a communication channel from an alert provider, and
- send the alert to an alert receiver over a browser update communication channel, wherein the browser update communication channel comprises a dedicated communication channel configured for providing updates to a web browser, and wherein the alert receiver has been installed in the web browser without any user interaction and the alert receiver is configured to display the alert in the web browser;
- and
- a geographical determiner configured to:
- determine an effective geographical area for the alert, and
- limit the alert to the effective geographical area, wherein the alert is only sent to an alert receiver located in the effective geographical area.
A method of receiving alerts in a web browser comprising:
- receiving an alert in an alert receiver from an alert repeater, wherein:
- the alert is received from the alert repeater over a browser update communication channel, wherein the browser update communication channel comprises a dedicated communication channel configured for providing updates to the web browser,
- the alert receiver is within an effective geographical area of the alert, and
- the alert receiver has been installed without any user interaction in the web browser;
- and
- displaying the alert in the web browser.
A method of sending alerts in a web browser comprising:
- receiving an alert in an alert repeater from an alert provider;
- determining an effective geographical area for the alert;
- and
- sending the alert using a browser update communication channel to an alert receiver within the effective geographical area for the alert, wherein the browser update communication channel comprises a dedicated communication channel configured for providing updates to the web browser, and wherein the alert receiver has been installed without any user interaction in the web browser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.