METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A PUSH CONTENT

• US 20130086158A1
• Filed: 11/27/2012
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: FAN, Shunan, CHEN, Guoqiao, WANG, Lei, DONG, Ting, ZHANG, Huiping, YANG, Jian
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties

Abstract

A method and apparatus for sending a push message is provided. The method includes: comparing a content length of a content of a push message received from a push message initiator with a matching condition, wherein the matching condition comprising a maximum message length threshold specifying a maximum length allowed for the content of the push message; determining whether the content length of the content of the push message exceeds the maximum message length threshold; and sending the content of the push message to a push receiving agent of a terminal when the content length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold.

Claims

1. A method for sending a push content, comprising:

receiving, by a push sending agent in a server, a push message sent by a push message initiator (PI);

comparing, by the push sending agent, a content length of a content of the push message with a matching condition, wherein the matching condition comprises a maximum message length threshold specifying a maximum length allowed for the content of the push message;

determining, by the push sending agent, whether the content length of the content of the push message exceeds the maximum message length threshold; and

sending, by the push sending agent, the content of the push message to a push receiving agent in a terminal when the content length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sending the push message comprises:

sending, by the push sending agent, the content of the push message to the push receiving agent so that the content of the push message is sent to an application module of the terminal which processes a service corresponding to the content of the push message, when the content length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the push sending agent sends the content of the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal via a NOTIFY message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the push sending agent sends the content of the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal via a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the SIP message is one of a NOTIFY message and a MESSAGE message.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the sending, by the push sending agent, the content of the push message to the push receiving agent in the terminal, the method further comprises:

returning, by the push sending agent, a success message to the PI.

7. An apparatus supporting a message push mechanism, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programs for execution by the processor, the programs comprising instructions to;

compare a content length of a content of a push message received from a push message initiator (PI) with a matching condition, wherein the matching condition comprising a maximum message length threshold specifying a maximum length allowed for the content of the push message;

determine whether the content length of the content of the push message exceeds the maximum message length threshold; and

send the content of the push message to a push receiving agent of a terminal when the content length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the programming comprises instructions to generate a notification message carrying the content of the push message, and send the notification message to the push receiving agent of the terminal.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the notification message is sent to the push receiving agent of the terminal, so that the notification message is sent to an application module of the terminal which processes a service corresponding to the notification message.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the notification message is one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) NOTIFY message and a SIP MESSAGE message.

11. A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instruction that when executed implement the following:

compare a content length of a content of a push message received from a push message initiator (PI) with a matching condition, wherein the matching condition comprising a maximum message length threshold specifying a maximum length allowed for the content of the push message;

determine whether the content length of the content of the push message exceeds the maximum message length threshold; and

send the content of the push message to a push receiving agent of a terminal when the content length of the content of the push message does not exceed the maximum message length threshold.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the computer executable instructions that when executed further implement the following:

generate a notification message carrying the content of the push message, and send the notification message to the push receiving agent of the terminal.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 the notification message is one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) NOTIFY message and a SIP MESSAGE message.