Method of and system for processing an electronic message destined for an electronic device

• US 10,243,895 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2015
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: YE Hub Armenia LLC
• Original Assignee: Yandex Europe AG (Yandex N.V.)
• Inventors: Shelkovin, Aleksei Yuryevich, Nikishin, Sergei Ivanovich
• Primary Examiner(s): Ndiaye, Cheikh T
• Application Number:
  US15/503,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20170237693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A method of processing an incoming electronic message destined to an application associated with a user, the user being associated with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, both the first electronic device and the second electronic device executing an instance of the application. The method is executable at a server being responsible for handling incoming electronic messages for the application, receiving, by the server, the incoming electronic message destined for the user; retrieving, by the server, a user-activity-log associated with user activity using a first instance of the application on the first electronic device and a second instance of the application on the second electronic device; based on the user-activity-log, determining, by the server, a specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device that is associated with the most recent user activity within the first application; transmitting, by the server, via the communication network the user-notification to the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of processing an incoming electronic message destined to an application associated with a user, the user being associated with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, both the first electronic device and the second electronic device executing an instance of the application, the method being executable at a server being responsible for handling incoming electronic messages for the application, the method comprising:

receiving, by the server, the incoming electronic message destined for the user;

retrieving, by the server, a user-activity-log associated with user activity using a first instance of the application being executed on the first electronic device and a second instance of the application being executed on the second electronic device;

based on the user-activity-log, determining, by the server, a specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device that is associated with the most recent user activity within the respective one of the first instance of the application and the second instance of the application;

generating, by the server, a user notification, the user-notification having a first user-notification and a second user-notification associated with the incoming electronic message;

transmitting, by the server, via the communication network the first user-notification to the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device that is associated with the most recent user activity, the first user-notification being an active user notification, the active user notification comprising (i) the incoming message and (ii) a trigger operable to cause the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to display the incoming message and to provide an actuatable notification of the incoming message to the user, the actuatable notification further including at least one of a visual notification, audible and tangible notification of the incoming message; and

transmitting, by the server, via the communication network, the second user-notification to another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the second user-notification being different from the first user-notification by being a passive user notification comprising the incoming message for background uploading to the instance of application being executed on the another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and the second user-notification further comprising a trigger operable to cause the another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to display information of the incoming message without providing any one of a visual notification, audible and tangible notification of the incoming message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining, by the server, the user-activity-log.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the maintaining comprises appreciating a first activity parameter associated with the first instance of the application and a second activity parameter associated with the second instance of the application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first activity parameter comprises one of sending an outgoing electronic message and receiving an incoming electronic message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first activity parameter comprises organizing electronic messages within the first instance of the application.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the second activity parameter comprises one of sending an outgoing electronic message and receiving an incoming electronic message.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the second activity parameter comprises organizing electronic messages within the second instance of the application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the application is a first application client, the method further comprising responsive to an absence of an action in response to the user-notification, transmitting, by the server, a copy of the user-notification to a second application client executed on the one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, the method further comprising:

responsive to an absence of an action in response to the user-notification transmitted to the second application client, transmitting, by the server, a copy of the user-notification to another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the absence of an action is determined solely based on lack of action on the application executed on the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the absence of an action is determined based on lack of action on both the application executed on the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device and the application executed on the other one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

responsive to an absence of an action in response to the user-notification, transmitting, by the server, a copy of the user-notification to another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the absence of the action is determined in response to a lapse of a pre-determined period of time without the action in response to the user-notification.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the copy of the user-notification is of the same type as the user-notification, and both the user-notification and the copy of the user notification comprise (i) the incoming electronic message and (ii) a trigger operable to cause the electronic device to provide a notification of the incoming electronic message to the user.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the copy of the user-notification is of a different type than the user-notification, and the user-notification is an active user notification comprising (i) the incoming electronic message and (ii) a trigger operable to cause the electronic device to provide a notification of the incoming electronic message to the user and the copy of the user-notification is a passive user notification comprising (i) the incoming electronic message for background uploading to the application.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the incoming message comprises at least one of (i) an identity of a sender, (ii) a title, and (iii) a date or time of the sending of the incoming message.

17. A server comprising:

a communication interface for communication with an electronic device via a communication network,

a processor operationally connected with the communication interface, the processor configured to process an incoming electronic message destined to an application associated with a user, the user being associated with a first electronic device and a second electronic device, both the first electronic device and the second electronic device executing an instance of the application, the processor being further configured to;

receive the incoming electronic message destined for the user;

retrieve by the server, a user-activity-log associated with user activity using a first instance of the application being executed on the first electronic device and a second instance of the application being executed on the second electronic device;

based on the user-activity-log, determine a specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device that is associated with the most recent user activity within the respective one of the first instance of the application and the second instance of the application;

generate a user-notification, the user-notification having a first user-notification and a second user-notification associated with the incoming electronic message;

transmit, via the communication interface, the first user-notification to the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device that is associated with the most recent user activity, the first user-notification being an active user notification, the active user notification comprising (i) the incoming message, and (ii) a trigger operable to cause the specific one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to display the incoming message and to provide an actuatable notification of the incoming message to the user, the actuatable notification further including at least one of a visual notification, audible and tangible notification of the incoming message; and

transmit, via the communication interface, the second user-notification to another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the second user-notification being different from the first user-notification by being a passive user notification comprising the incoming message for background uploading to the instance of application being executed on the another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and the second user-notification further comprising a trigger operable to cause the another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device to display information of the incoming message without providing any one of a visual notification, audible and tangible notification of the incoming message.

18. The server of claim 17, wherein the application is a first application client, the processor being further operable, responsive to an absence of an action in response to the user-notification, to transmit a copy of the user-notification to a second application client executed on the one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

19. The server of claim 18, the processor being further operable:

responsive to an absence of an action in response to the user-notification transmitted to the second application client, to transmit a copy of the user-notification to another one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

20. The server of claim 17, wherein the information of the incoming message comprises at least one of (i) an identity of a sender, (ii) a title, and (iii) a date or time of the sending of the incoming message.