NOTIFICATION SERVICES TO ONE OR MORE SUBSCRIBER DEVICES

• US 20120311045A1
• Filed: 05/31/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (Ribbon Communications, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (Ribbon Communications, Inc.)
• Inventors: SYLVAIN, Dany
• Application Number:
  US13/149,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing notification services to one or more subscriber devices are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving, from a notification source, a notification directed to a first user device associated with a subscriber. The method further includes accessing filtering criteria associated with the subscriber to determine whether to deliver the notification to at least one user device associated with the subscriber and delivering a notification message associated with notification to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is satisfied.

Claims

1. A system for providing notifications to one or more subscriber devices, the system comprising:

a plurality of notification sources for providing notifications to user devices associated with a subscriber; and

a notification service node (NSN) configured to receive a notification directed to a first user device associated with the subscriber from at least one of the plurality of notification sources, to access filtering criteria associated with the subscriber to determine whether to deliver the notification to at least one user device associated with the subscriber, and to deliver a notification message associated with the notification to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is met.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one user device includes the first user device.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one user device does not include the first user device.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the filtering criteria is based on at least one of:

user preference rules, user status, importance designation of the notification, priority designation of the notification, user device type, current user availability status, current user presence status, and current user device connectivity status.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the NSN is further configured to buffer the notification for later delivery to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is not met.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the NSN is further configured to keep a temporary copy of the notifications, wherein the notifications are accessed via a web portal by the user

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the plurality of notification sources includes at least one of a call server, a voicemail server, a videomail server, a short messaging service (SMS) server, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) server, an instant messaging (IM) server, an email server, an RSS feed server, a public service alert system, and a social network server.

8. The system of claim 1 the NSN is further configured to deliver a notification message to all user devices associated with the subscriber.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the NSN is further configured to deliver a notification message that includes at least one disposition option.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the NSN is further configured to deliver a notification message that includes an advertisement.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the advertisement is dependent on the content of notifications received.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 wherein the at least one user device does not include the first user device.

12. A method for providing notification services to a subscriber device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a notification source, a notification directed to a first user device associated with a subscriber;

accessing filtering criteria associated with the subscriber to determine whether to deliver the notification to at least one user device associated with the subscriber; and

delivering a notification message associated with notification to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is satisfied.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user device includes a first user device.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user device does not include the first user device.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the filtering criteria is based on at least one of:

user preference rules, user status, importance designation of the notification, priority designation of the notification, user device type, current user availability status, current user presence status, and current user device connectivity status.

16. The method of claim 12 comprising buffering the notification for later delivery to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is not met.

17. The method of claim 16 comprising maintaining a temporary copy of the notifications, wherein the notifications can be accessed via a web portal by the user.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the notification source includes at least one of a call server, a voicemail server, a videomail server, a short messaging service (SMS) server, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) server, an instant messaging (IM) server, an email server, an RSS feed server, a public service alert system, and a social network server.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein delivering a notification message to the at least one user device includes delivering a notification message to all user devices associated with the subscriber.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein the delivered notification message includes at least one disposition option.

21. The method of claim 12 wherein the delivered notification message includes an advertisement.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the advertisement is dependent on the content of notifications received.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 wherein the at least one user device includes the first user device.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 wherein the filtering criteria is based on at least one of:

user preference rules, user status, urgency designation of the notification, user device type, and current user device connectivity status.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 comprising buffering the notification for later delivery to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is not met.

23. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium and when executed by a processor of a computer performs steps comprising:

receiving, from a notification source, a notification directed to a first user device associated with a subscriber;

accessing filtering criteria associated with the subscriber to determine whether to deliver the notification to at least one user device associated with the subscriber; and

delivering a notification message associated with notification to the at least one user device if the filtering criteria is satisfied.