Method, system and apparatus for propagating data change notifications

A computing device for propagating data change notifications, comprising:

• a processing unit interconnected with a memory device and a communication interface, said communication interface for communicating with an intermediation server via a network, said processing unit enabled to:
• receive a data change notification from said intermediation server, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to data at an originating content server;
• store said data change notification in a destination location at said computing device;
• check said destination location for said data change notifications;
• when said data change notification is found, determine whether change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification;
• when the determination is affirmative, preventing an indicator from indicating that a change has occurred to said data;
• and
• when the determination is negative, control the indicator to indicate that the change has occurred to said data.

A method for propagating data change notifications to a computing device from an intermediation server, said method implementable at said intermediation server, said method comprising:

• determining that data at an originating content server has changed;
• and
• transmitting a data change notification to said computing device, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to said data, said data changed notification for storage at a destination location at said computing device, such that when said data change notification is found by an application at said computing device, said computing device is triggered to control an indicator to indicate that a change has occurred to said data,
• wherein the transmitting of said data change notification to said computing device is prevented upon determination that change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored at said computing device, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification.

An intermediation server for propagating data change notifications to a computing device, said intermediation server comprising:

• a processing unit interconnected with a communication interface for communicating with said computing device and an originating content server, said processing unit enabled to:
• determine that data at said originating content server has changed;
• and
• transmit a data change notification to said computing device, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to said data, said data changed notification for storage at a destination location at said computing device, such that when said data change notification is found by an application at said computing device, said computing device is triggered to control an indicator to indicate that a change has occurred to said data,
• wherein the transmission of said data change notification to said computing device is prevented upon determination that change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored at said computing device, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification.

A system for propagating data change notifications, comprising:

• a computing device in communication with an intermediation server, said intermediation server in communication with an originating content server, wherein said computing device is enabled to:
• receive a data change notification from said intermediation server, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to data at said originating content server;
• store said data change notification in a destination location at said computing device;
• check said destination location for said data change notifications;
• and, when said data change notification is found,
• control an indicator to indicate that a change has occurred to said data, and said intermediation server is enabled to:
• determine that said data at said originating content server has changed;
• and
• transmit said data change notification to said computing device, wherein the transmission of said data change notification to said computing device is prevented upon determination that change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored at said computing device, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for propagating data change notifications, said method implementable at a computing device in communication with an intermediation server via a network, said method comprising:

• receiving, by said computing device, a data change notification from said intermediation server, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to data at an originating content server;
• storing said data change notification in a destination location at said computing device;
• checking, by said computing device, said destination location for said data change notifications;
• when said data change notification is found, determining whether change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification;
• when the determination is affirmative, preventing an indicator from indicating that a change has occurred to said data;
• and
• when the determination is negative, controlling, by said computing device, the indicator to indicate that the change has occurred to said data.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for propagating data change notifications to a computing device from an intermediation server, said method implementable at said intermediation server, said method comprising:

• determining, at said intermediation server, that data at an originating content server has changed;
• and
• transmitting a data change notification to said computing device, said data change notification comprising an indication that a change has occurred to said data, said data changed notification for storage at a destination location at said computing device, such that when said data change notification is found by an application at said computing device, said computing device is triggered to control an indicator to indicate that a change has occurred to said data,
• wherein the transmitting of said data change notification to said computing device is prevented upon determination that change indicators corresponding to previous data change notifications are ignored at said computing device, said previous data change notifications relating to said data change notification.