MANAGING NOTIFICATION SERVICE CONNECTIONS

• US 20090307715A1
• Filed: 08/25/2008
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Santamaria, Justin, Marcellino, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,116 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4418 Suspend and resume; Hibernate and awake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus to manage notification service connections. In one embodiment of the invention, a mobile device schedules a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of a plurality of notification service connections. The mobile device also associates a notification service connection message transmission window with each notification service connection message transmission interval. The mobile device synchronizes transmission of notification service connection messages based on overlapping notification service connection message transmission windows.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile device to manage a plurality of notification service connections, comprising:

scheduling a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the plurality of notification service connections;

associating a notification service connection message transmission window with each interval; and

synchronizing transmission of notification service connection messages based on overlapping notification service connection message transmission windows.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each notification service connection message transmission interval is scheduled independently, and wherein the synchronizing transmission is performed dynamically without knowledge of the notification service connections.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a push notification service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a pull notification service.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising optimizing those notification service connection message transmission intervals that are push notification services

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising synchronizing transmission of a notification service connection message for each of the plurality of notification service connections based on a periodic interval.

7. A mobile device to manage a plurality of notification service connections, comprising:

a processor;

a network connectivity element coupled with the processor, the network connectivity element to connect the mobile device with the plurality of notification service connections; and

a notification service connection manager coupled with the processor and the network connectivity element, the connection manager to,

schedule a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the notification service connections,

associate a notification service connection message transmission window with each interval, and

synchronize transmission of notification service connection messages based on overlapping notification service connection message transmission windows.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein if the mobile device is in sleep mode, the application processor is asleep and the network connectivity element is awake, and wherein the notification service connection manager further is to schedule a wake of the mobile device in relation to each notification service connection message transmission interval.

9. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the notification service connection manager further is to reschedule notification service connection message transmission intervals based on transmission of associated notification service connection messages.

10. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a push notification service connection.

11. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a pull notification service connection.

12. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the notification service connection manager further is to optimize the notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the notification service connections.

13. A method for managing a plurality of notification service connections, comprising:

scheduling a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the plurality of notification service connections;

for each notification service connection message transmission interval, associating a notification service connection message transmission window with the notification service connection message transmission interval;

setting and monitoring a notification service connection message transmission timer for each of the plurality of notification service connections; and

upon each notification service connection message transmission timer expiring,

performing the following,

transmitting a notification service connection message for each notification service connection whose notification service connection message transmission window overlaps the expiration of the notification service connection message transmission timer, and

resetting the notification service connection message transmission timers associated with those notification service connections.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

scheduling a mobile device wake in relation to each notification service connection message transmission timer; and

prior to transmitting a notification service connection message, waking the mobile device if the mobile device is in sleep mode.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

if the mobile device is awake within a notification service connection message transmission window, transmitting a notification service connection message for that notification service connection and resetting the notification service connection message transmission timer associated with that notification service connection.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein sleep mode of the mobile device includes a temporarily disabled application processor, and waking the mobile device includes re-enabling the application processor.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification services connections is providing a push notification service, wherein transmitting a notification service connection message to those connections providing push notification services includes transmitting a ping message.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification services connections is providing a pull notification service, wherein transmitting a notification service connection message to those connections providing pull notification services includes transmitting a polling message.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein at least some of the notification service connection message transmission intervals are a different value.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a notification service connection message for all notification service connections at a periodic interval, and resetting each notification service connection message transmission timer.

21. The method of claim 13, further comprising optimizing the notification service connection message transmission interval.

32. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification services connections is providing a push notification service, wherein transmitting a notification service connection message to those connections providing push notification services includes transmitting a ping message.

33. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification services connections is providing a pull notification service, wherein transmitting a notification service connection message to those connections providing pull notification services includes transmitting a polling message.

34. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein at least some of the notification service connection message transmission intervals are a different value.

35. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a notification service connection message for all notification service connections at a periodic interval, and resetting each notification service connection message transmission timer.

36. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising optimizing the notification service connection message transmission interval.

22. A machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations to manage a plurality of notification service connections, comprising:

scheduling a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the plurality of notification service connections;

associating a notification service connection message transmission window with each interval; and

synchronizing transmission of notification service connection messages based on overlapping notification service connection message transmission windows.

23. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein each notification service connection message transmission interval is scheduled independently, and wherein the synchronizing transmission is performed dynamically without knowledge of the notification service connections.

24. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a push notification service.

25. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein at least one of the plurality of notification service connections is a pull notification service.

26. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 24, further comprising optimizing those notification service connection message transmission intervals that are push notification services

27. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, further comprising synchronizing transmission of a notification service connection message for each of the plurality of notification service connections based on a periodic interval comprising

28. A machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations for managing a plurality of notification service connections, comprising:

scheduling a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the plurality of notification service connections;

for each notification service connection message transmission interval, associating a notification service connection message transmission window with the notification service connection message transmission interval;

setting and monitoring a notification service connection message transmission timer for each of the plurality of notification service connections; and

upon each notification service connection message transmission timer expiring, performing the following,

transmitting a notification service connection message for each notification service connection whose notification service connection message transmission window overlaps the expiration of the notification service connection message transmission timer, and

resetting the notification service connection message transmission timers associated with those notification service connections.

29. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 28, further comprising:

scheduling a mobile device wake in relation to each notification service connection message transmission timer; and

prior to transmitting a notification service connection message, waking the mobile device if the mobile device is in sleep mode.

30. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 29, further comprising:

if the mobile device is awake within a notification service connection message transmission window, transmitting a notification service connection message for that notification service connection and resetting the notification service connection message transmission timer associated with that notification service connection.

31. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein sleep mode of the mobile device includes a temporarily disabled application processor, and waking the mobile device includes re-enabling the application processor.