Apparatus, and associated method, for resubscribing communication device to a push notification service
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMichael Scott Colbert, Rohit Anil Talwalkar, Swee Tuan Pang
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Abstract
An apparatus, and an associated method, for a communication device having a SIM card, or other removable storage element, that permits hot-swapping of the storage element. Notification of hot-swapping of the removable storage element is detected. Responsive to the detection, provision is made to resubscribe to push service notifications that are disabled upon removal of the removable storage element.
Claims20
A method for facilitating operation of a push service that pushes notifications to a communication device having a removable storage element, said method comprising:
- detecting notification of change of the removable storage element, the change comprising replacement of the removable storage element with an alternate removable storage element, wherein the communication device was previously subscribed to the push service based on the removable storage element and wherein the push service to the communication device is subsequently disabled;
- determining a resubscription process to perform based on whether a client application, on the communication device and associated with the push service, is currently active;
- performing the resubcription process to resubscribe to the push service and resume receiving the notifications directed to the communication device.
An apparatus for facilitating operation of a push service that pushes notifications to a communication device having a removable storage element, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to at least:
- detect notification of change of the removable storage element, the change comprising replacement of the removable storage element with an alternate removable storage element, wherein the communication device was previously subscribed to the push service based on the removable storage element and wherein the push service to the communication device is subsequently disabled;
- determine a resubscription process to perform based on whether a client application, on the communication device and associated with the push service, is currently active;
- perform the resubcription process to resubscribe to the push service and resume receiving the notifications directed to the communications device.
Non-transitory computer-readable media configured, when executed by a computing device, to facilitate operation of a push service that pushes notifications to a communication device having a removable storage element, by causing the computing device to at least:
- detect notification of change of the removable storage element, the change comprising replacement of the removable storage element with an alternate removable storage element, wherein the communication device was previously subscribed to the push service based on the removable storage element and wherein the push service to the communication device is subsequently disabled;
- determine a resubscription process to perform based on whether a client application, on the communication device and associated with the push service, is currently active;
- perform the resubcription process to resubscribe to the push service and resume receiving the notifications directed to the communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.