Message Push Notification Client Improvements For Multi-User Devices
First Claim
1. A machine implemented method for multi-user message notification, the method comprising:
- generating an alias that identifies a corresponding user account that is one of a plurality of user accounts within a client device, wherein the alias is used in combination with a subtopic identifier corresponding to a client application associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers;
registering notification service with the application servers for the client application and the alias to forward identifiers associated with the client application to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the corresponding user account of the client device for the client application;
in response to receiving a notification message from the application servers, determining if the notification message carries the alias and the subtopic identifier of the client application; and
forwarding the notification message to the client application for the corresponding user account without forwarding the notification message to other applications in the client device if the notification message carries the identifier for the client application.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses that generate a subtopic identifier identifying a client application within a client device that can support multiple users are described. The client application may be associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers. Notification services may be registered with the application servers from the client application to forward identifiers associated with the client application for one of the multiple users to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the client device selectively for the client application for that user. When receiving a notification message from the application server, the notification message may be examined to forward the notification message directly to the client application for that user without invoking other applications in the client device if the notification message carries a subtopic identifier of the client application.
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20 Claims
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1. A machine implemented method for multi-user message notification, the method comprising:
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generating an alias that identifies a corresponding user account that is one of a plurality of user accounts within a client device, wherein the alias is used in combination with a subtopic identifier corresponding to a client application associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers; registering notification service with the application servers for the client application and the alias to forward identifiers associated with the client application to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the corresponding user account of the client device for the client application; in response to receiving a notification message from the application servers, determining if the notification message carries the alias and the subtopic identifier of the client application; and forwarding the notification message to the client application for the corresponding user account without forwarding the notification message to other applications in the client device if the notification message carries the identifier for the client application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine implemented method for providing message notification, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a server application hosted in an application server, a registration request from a client application for a user of a client device for the message notification, the request having identifiers including a user token identifying the client device and a client application identifier identifying the client application, wherein the client device is capable of hosting multiple user accounts and including a corresponding user account for the user; sending a server identifier for the user to allow the client device to listen to messages pushed from the application server; storing the received identifiers to register the user for the message notification; and sending notification messages to the client device via the user token to notify the client application for that user, the notification messages identified by the server identifier and the notification messages embedding the client application identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable non-transitory medium having instructions, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method for message notification, the method comprising:
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generating an alias that identifies a corresponding user account that is one of a plurality of user accounts on a client device, wherein the alias is used in combination with a subtopic identifier corresponding to a client application associated with a server application hosted in one or more application servers; registering notification service with the application servers for the client application and the alias to forward identifiers associated with the client application to the server application to enable the server application to push notification messages to the corresponding user account of the client device for the client application; in response to receiving a notification message from the application servers, determining if the notification message carries the alias and the subtopic identifier of the client application; and forwarding the notification message to the client application for the corresponding user account without forwarding the notification message to other applications in the client device if the notification message carries the identifier for the client application.
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19. A machine-readable non-transitory medium having instructions, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method for providing message notification, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a server application hosted in an application server, a registration request from a client application for a user of a client device for the message notification, the request having identifiers including a user token identifying the user and the client device and a client application identifier identifying the client application, wherein the client device is capable of hosting multiple user accounts and including a corresponding user account for the user; sending a server identifier for the user to allow the client device to listen to messages pushed from the application server; storing the received identifiers to register the user for the message notification; and sending notification messages to the client device via the user token to notify the client application for that user, the notification messages identified by the server identifier and the notification messages embedding the client application identifier.
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
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a memory storing executable instructions including a server application; a network interface coupled to a push network; a processor coupled to the network interface and the memory to execute the executable instructions from the memory for the messaging services, the processor being configured to; in response to an initiation from a client device, establishing a first network connection with the client device via the network interface, receiving, at the server application, a registration request from the client application of a client device over the first network connection, the request having identifiers including a user token identifying a user of the client device and a client application identifier identifying the client application, sending a server identifier for the client device to allow the client device to listen to messages pushed from the application server, storing the received identifiers to register the user for the message notification, sending notification messages to the client device over a second network connection to the push network via the network interface, the notification messages having the user token to notify the client application for the user, the notification messages identified by the server identifier and the notification messages embedding the client application identifier.
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