Schemas for a notification platform and related information services
First Claim
1. In a computer network, a method comprising, receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema, and determining whether the user should receive the notification based on user preference and context data, and if so, determining a selected device to receive the notification and sending the notification to the selected device.
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Abstract
Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices. The information agent service accesses criteria including user preferences and user contextual information, including presence information, location information, and schedule information along with people and groups data and extended-context data. Preferences about subscriptions and information handling policies may be stored and used at notification sources or in more central preference encodings. Access to multiple preferences is maintained, and a user interface is provided that allows users to inspect and control multiple subscriptions in one conceptual place.
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109 Claims
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1. In a computer network, a method comprising,
receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema, and determining whether the user should receive the notification based on user preference and context data, and if so, determining a selected device to receive the notification and sending the notification to the selected device.
- 34. In a computer network having an information source and a device set comprising at least one client device configured to receive notifications, a system comprising, an information agent service that receives a notification from the information source directed to a client, the notification comprising data regularized in accordance with a notification schema, the information service accessing client criteria to determine conditions for communicating the notification to the client and communicating the notification to at least one client device of the device set based on the conditions.
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69. In a computer network, a method comprising,
receiving a notification from an information source directed to a user; -
accessing criteria including user preferences and context information to select a device of the user for receiving the notification;
adjusting data in the notification based on the capabilities of the device selected; and
sending the notification to the device. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. In a computer network, a method comprising,
determining at an information source that a notification is to be sent; -
accessing source preference information to set information in the notification;
receiving the notification from the information source;
accessing main preference information to modify information in the notification; and
sending the notification including the information modified therein. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A computer-readable-medium having computer executable instructions comprising:
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receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema;
accessing user preference and context data to obtain criteria for sending the notification to the client, and sending the notification to the client based on the criteria. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90)
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91. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
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a notification regularized according to a notification schema, the notification including;
a first set of data comprising notification identification information;
a second set of data comprising notification content; and
a third set of data comprising requirements for sending the notification to a client;
and wherein a notification service receives the notification and analyzes the third set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
a notification regularized according to a notification schema, the notification including;
a first set of data comprising notification content;
a second set of data comprising requirements for sending the notification to a client; and
a third set of data comprising notification volatility information; and
wherein a notification service receives the notification and analyzes the second set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client, and if the notification can presently meet the conditions, the notification is sent to the client, and if the notification can not meet the conditions but can meet the conditions later, the notification is maintained until sent when the conditions are met or until the volatility information expires the notification. - View Dependent Claims (109)
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