METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SOCIAL NOTIFICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20130173734A1
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonica SA
• Original Assignee: Telefonica SA
• Inventors: Oteiza Lacalle, Francisco, Rovira Simn, Jordi
• Application Number:
  US13/516,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20130173734A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The invention comprises a system made up of at least 2 modules, shown in FIG. 3. The first module is located in the operating system layer of the mobile device (SMNS service module), and the other module is rolled out in a server belonging to the architecture of the mobile network operator (SMNS platform module). The main purpose of the invention is to generate a standard service shared by all the mobile devices. Integrating the SMNS service module reduces the standardization problems that manufacturers of this technology have encountered thus far. The fact that the same module with the same API is implemented in any operating system will make it much easier for social clients to migrate from one terminal to another. This standardization also affects the communication of social clients using the SMNS service since social clients (SC) can now exchange information even if they have been developed by different mobile software companies.

Claims

1. A method for managing social notifications for mobile devices, characterized in that it comprises the following phases:

implementing at least one service module integrated in the operating system of a mobile device, provided with means for treating, updating and storing notifications of social events,

implementing at least one platform module integrated in a server of the architecture of a mobile network operator provided with means for storing, treating and distributing notifications of social events,

setting up a communication between the platform and service modules through a protocol designed by means of http technology and transparent to the application layers above the operating system layer,

exchanging information with social networks by means of an API,

making push and pull requests, push requests being generated by entities external to the user and pull requests being generated by the current user provided that the service module rolled out in the mobile device does not contain information that is required,

managing notifications received from external entities,

managing notifications of response to the pull and push requests made.

2. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that in the phases for managing notifications received and notifications of response when a notification is generated in the service module, it comprises the following phases in the platform module:

receiving the notification in a REST module through a pull request,

breaking down the notification in the REST module,

routing the notification towards an internal service module managing the internal services of the platform module, each of them including at least one functionality grouped by subject matter,

analyzing and treating the notification in the internal service module,

requesting data relating to the notification from an element selected from

a database which is accessed through a data access module,

a connection module connecting with external social networks and the operator services,

returning a response to the operation performed to the REST module through the internal service module,

adapting the response in the REST module to a format required by the service module included in the mobile device,

sending said response to the notification service module, which comprises receiving notifications from the daemon processing module and transmitting them to the service module using a short message service center (SMSC) of the service module by using a push request.

3. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that in the phases for managing notifications received and notifications of response when the notification is generated in the external social networks and operator services, comprises the following phases in the platform module,

a connection module receiving the notification,

storing said notification in queues of an asynchronous queue module,

reviewing and treating the content of the queues in a daemon processing module,

storing and updating the notification in a module selected from

a database,

the service module through a notification module which sends it by means of push requests.

4. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that in the phases for managing notifications received and notifications of response when the notification is generated in WEB clients or native applications, it comprises the following phases in the service module,

receiving, breaking down and readdressing the notification in an API management module towards an internal service module, which comprises handling the logic of social requests and negotiating data between the clients rolled out in the mobile device, and it additionally comprises means for checking information and updating social events,

the internal service module treating the notification by means of an option selected from:

using the temporary database,

sending a request to the platform module through a platform connector module.

5. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that in the phases for managing notifications received and notifications of response when notifications are generated in the platform module, it comprises the following phases in the service module,

the notification service module receiving the notification by means of push requests,

the notification service module managing the notification,

notifying previously registered clients through the API management module,

treating the notification by means of the temporary database through a data access module provided that the required information is located in the database or the information exchange operation takes place between social clients rolled out in the same mobile terminal and involves only them.

6. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that it performs an information exchange between the platform module and the social networks by means of a connection module which is connected with the networks through API'"'"'s selected from:

i) API'"'"'s provided by each of the social networks, the platform module being the module making the social information requests, and

ii) a public API generated by said platform module so that each social network which is not connected through the method described in i. can perform the information exchange with the mobile device through the mentioned public API.

7. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that the pull requests comprise information about social global events, search for events, updates of events, information about the source that generated them and treating the aggregated contact list.

8. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that the push requests comprise information about what is happening in the user'"'"'s social networks by means of real time notifications using a system selected from:

SMS system connecting with the Short Message Service Center, SMSC, by sending an SMS with the notification to the service module,

notification system developed expressly by the operator to perform this task,

two-way communication system between the mobile device and the platform module by means of TCP-IP technology.

9. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that the notification service module, as a phase prior to receiving notifications, maps out the operating system of the mobile device making all the SMS from the platform module be routed towards the service module so that the latter is responsible for managing them and is additionally responsible for informing about all the registered applications through an API management module.

10. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that the platform module provides network operator services other than the social notification service.

11. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 10, characterized in that said operator services are selected from location services, aggregated phonebook services, calls and messages.

12. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 1, characterized in that the API management module comprises performing one or several of the following functions:

registering a client application to receive notifications,

inserting a social event previously recorded by a social client,

updating the status of a user as well as his/her profile details,

activating client applications,

sending social notifications from the service module to the social client.

13. The method for managing social notifications for mobile devices, wherein once the phases described in claim 1 have been carried out, it comprises an additional phase in which an information exchange between social clients sharing the service module belonging to the operating system is established without using the platform module.

14. A system for managing social notifications for mobile devices, characterized in that it comprises at least the following modules:

a service module integrated in the operating system of a mobile device, provided with means for treating, updating and storing notifications of social events, and through which the social clients rolled out in the application layer above the SO layer have access to said information,

a platform module integrated in a server of the architecture of a mobile network operator, provided with means for storing, treating and distributing notifications of social events.

15. The system for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 14, characterized in that the platform module comprises at least the following modules:

a REST module which comprises making functionalities of the platform module accessible,

an internal service module which comprises managing the internal services,

an asynchronous queue module which comprises communicating with a connection module that sends and receives information of the different external social networks and comprises means for distributing the user social activity,

a daemon processing module which comprises importing user information that has been created in the external social networks as well as alerting the notification server about status changes in the service module for sending them in real time,

a notification module which comprises receiving notifications from the daemon processing module and transmitting them to the service module by means of a short message service center (SMSC).

a connection module for connecting with external social networks and operator services,

a data access module which is the database of the access layer,

a database storing the user data, his/her identifier, password for the accounts in social networks and the social events gathered from social networks.

16. The system for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 14, characterized in that the service module comprises at least the following modules:

an API management module comprising a public interface which social clients access to use all the functionalities of the system.

a notification service module which comprises receiving real time notifications using an internal service which includes an application register.

an internal service module which comprises managing the logic of social requests through the API management module and negotiating data between the clients rolled out in the mobile device,

a platform connector module contacting with the platform module by means of an http (client) computer application.

a data access module which is the database of the access layer.

a temporary database storing the most current social information limiting the amount of requests to the platform and comprising means for registering social events.

17. The system for managing social notifications for mobile devices according to claim 15, characterized in that the connection module in turn consists of the following modules:

a REST SN connector module which comprises sending information from social networks to the platform module.

an AD HOC connector module which comprises sending asynchronous messages from the asynchronous queue module to the platform module.

an operator connector module which comprises making a connection with a service operator to extract social information from it.