COUNTING AND RESETING BROADCAST SYSTEM BADGE COUNTERS

• US 20130067015A1
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Vasters, Clemens Friedrich
• Granted Patent: US 9,208,476 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1881 with schedule organisation, e.g. priority, sequence management

Abstract

Providing a badge counter from a server to a consumer. The badge counter indicates a number of notifications. A method includes receiving an event in a sequence of events. The event has an associated time stamp. The method further includes associating with the event a plurality of additional time stamps from events in the sequence of events occurring before the event. The method further includes creating a notification for an end user consumer device, the notification including an indication of a badge counter value based on the plurality of additional time stamps. The method further includes sending the notification, including badge counter value to the consumer device.

Claims

1. A method of providing a badge counter from a server to a consumer, the badge counter indicating a number of notifications:

receiving an event in a sequence of events, the event having an associated time stamp;

associating with the event a plurality of additional time stamps from events in the sequence of events occurring before the event;

creating a notification for an end user consumer device, the notification including an indication of a badge counter value based on the plurality of additional time stamps; and

sending the notification including badge counter value to the consumer device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the notification including the badge counter comprises sending a badge counter value that is limited by a maximum value.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the maximum value is a platform dependant value constrained by a maximum badge counter value specified by a particular platform of an end user consumer device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the maximum value is 99.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the badge counter value is based on a reset time stamp caused by a consumer checking a notification stream.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the badge counter value is based on a reset time stamp caused by a consumer opening an application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the badge counter value is based on a time window specified by a user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the badge counter value is based on a total count of time stamps.

9. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause one or more processors to perform the following:

receiving an event in a sequence of events, the event having an associated time stamp;

associating with the event a plurality of additional time stamps from events in the sequence of events occurring before the event;

creating a notification for an end user consumer device, the notification including an indication of a badge counter value based on the plurality of additional time stamps; and

sending the notification including badge counter value to the consumer device.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein sending the notification including the badge counter comprises sending a badge counter value that is limited by a maximum value.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the maximum value is a platform dependant value constrained by a maximum badge counter value specified by a particular platform of an end user consumer device.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the maximum value is 99.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the badge counter value is based on a reset time stamp caused by a consumer checking a notification stream.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the badge counter value is based on a reset time stamp caused by a consumer opening an application.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the badge counter value is based on a time window specified by a user.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the badge counter value is based on a total count of time stamps.

17. A computing system configured to provide a badge counter from a server to a consumer, the badge counter indicating a number of notifications, the computing system comprising:

a delivery engine module, wherein the delivery engine module is configured to;

receive an event from an event source that provides the event to the delivery engine as one in a sequence of events, the event having an associated time stamp;

associate with the event a plurality of additional time stamps from other events in the sequence of events, the other events occurring before the event;

create a notification for an end user consumer device, the notification including an indication of a badge counter value based on the plurality of additional time stamps; and

send the notification including badge counter value to the consumer device.

18. The computing system of claim 17, wherein sending the notification including the badge counter comprises sending a badge counter value that is limited by a maximum value.

19. The computing system of claim 18, wherein the maximum value is a platform dependant value constrained by a maximum badge counter value specified by a particular platform of an end user consumer device.

20. The computing system of claim 18, wherein the maximum value is 99.