SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING NOTIFICATION MESSAGES

• US 20110161442A1
• Filed: 02/13/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Bouazizi, Imed
• Granted Patent: US 9,544,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/59 for emergency or urgency
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/37 via a different channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/91 Mobile communication networks for accessing the Internet H04H60/85

Abstract

A method includes receiving at least an indication of a notification message through a first channel and receiving at least a part of the notification message through a second channel. The receiving at least an indication of a notification message may include a push-type delivery, and the receiving at least a part of the notification message may include a pull procedure. Alternatively, the receiving at least an indication of a notification message may include a poll-type delivery, and the receiving at least a part of the notification message may include a pull procedure.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving at least an indication of a notification message through a first channel; and

receiving at least a part of the notification message through a second channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes a push-type delivery, and

wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes a pull procedure.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes a poll-type delivery, and

wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes a pull procedure.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes receiving only an indication of an availability of the notification message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes receiving at least one media object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first channel is an interactive channel and the second channel is a broadcast channel.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication is a message list.

8. A computer program product, embodied in a computer-readable medium, comprising computer code configured to implement the processes of claim 1.

9. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit communicatively connected to the processor and including;

computer code for receiving at least an indication of a notification message through a first channel; and

computer code for receiving at least a part of the notification message through a second channel.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes a push-type delivery, and

wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes a pull procedure.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes a poll-type delivery, and

wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes a pull procedure.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least an indication of a notification message includes receiving only an indication of an availability of the notification message.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the receiving at least a part of the notification message includes receiving at least one media object.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the first channel is an interactive channel and the second channel is a broadcast channel.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the indication is a message list.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

means for receiving at least an indication of a notification message through a first channel; and

means for receiving at least a part of the notification message through a second channel.