Method, Server, User Terminal, and System For Pushing Notification Message

• US 20140324972A1
• Filed: 04/23/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Xiaolong, HUANG, Qing, GUAN, Zhenan
• Granted Patent: US 9,826,055 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A method, server, user terminal, and system are disclosed for sending notification messages in the Internet communication filed. In the method: when detecting it needs to send a message to a target terminal, an application server detects a state of the signaling channel. When the signaling channel is in connected state, the application server sends a notification message to the target terminal through this signaling channel. When the signaling channel is in a disconnected state, the application server generates a notification request to a corresponding account of the target terminal and sends the notification request to the notification server so that the notification server pushes a notification message to the target terminal according to the notification request.

Claims

1. A method for pushing notification messages, comprising:

detecting, by an application server, a state of a signaling channel between the application server and a target terminal when there is a need to push a message to the target terminal;

sending the message to the target terminal via the signaling channel when the signaling channel is in a connected state; and

when the signaling channel is in a disconnected state, generating a notification request to a corresponding account of the target terminal and sending the notification request to the notification server so that the notification server pushes a notification message to the target terminal according to the notification request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the signaling channel is in the connected state, the method further comprises:

after sending notification message to the terminal via the signaling channel, determining, by the application server, whether the application server receives a confirmation message from the target terminal in response to the sent message within a preset time period; and

if no confirmation message from the target terminal is received within the preset time period, sending the generated notification request to the notification server so that the notification server pushes the notification message to the target terminal according to the notification request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the signaling channel is in the disconnected state, the method further comprises:

after generating the notification request to the corresponding account of the target terminal and sending the notification request to the notification server, determining, by the application server, whether the application server receives a confirmation message from the target terminal within the preset time period;

when no confirmation message from the target terminal is received within the preset time period, detecting, by the application server, the state of the signaling channel between the application server and the target terminal; and

sending, by the application server, the notification message to the target terminal via the signaling channel when the signaling channel is in the connected state.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the notification request to the corresponding account of the target terminal and sending the notification request to the notification server comprises:

obtaining, by the application server, notification content data on the corresponding account of the target terminal and generating the notification request on notification content data of the corresponding account for the target terminal; and

sending the notification request to the notification server, wherein the notification request comprises notification content data on the corresponding account of the target terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein detecting the state of the signaling channel comprising:

determining, by the application server, whether a heartbeat connection with the target terminal is normal;

determining that the state is in the connected state when the heartbeat connection is normal; and

determining that the state is in the disconnected state when the heartbeat connection is abnormal.

6. A server comprising a hardware processor and a non-transitory storage medium accessible to the hardware processor, the non-transitory storage medium comprising the following modules implemented by the hardware processor:

a detecting module configured to detect a state of a signaling channel between a server and a target terminal when there is a need to push a message to the target terminal;

a first processing module configured to send the message to the target terminal via the signaling channel when the signaling channel is in a connected state; and

a second processing module configured to generate a notification request to a corresponding account of the target terminal and send the generated notification request to a notification server when the signaling channel is in a disconnected state so that the notification server pushes a notification message to the target terminal according to the notification request.

7. The server of claim 6, further comprising:

a first determination module configured to determine whether the replied confirmation message in response to the notification message is received within a preset time period after the first processing module sends to the target terminal.

8. The server of claim 7, wherein the second processing module is further configured to send the generated notification request to the notification server when the replied confirmation message from the target terminal within the preset time period is not received so that the notification server pushes the notification message to the target terminal according to the notification request.

9. The server of claim 8, wherein:

the second determination module is configured to determine whether received the confirmation message replied by the target terminal in response to the notification message within the preset time period;

the detection module is configured to detect the signaling channel state with the target terminal when the determination result of second determination module is the received confirmation message from the target terminal; and

the first processing module is configured to send notification message to the target terminal through the signaling channel, if it is in connected state.

10. The server of claim 8, further comprising:

an acquisition module configured to acquire notification content data about the corresponding account of the target terminal.

11. The server of claim 8, wherein:

the second processing module is configured to generate the notification request on corresponding account of target terminal and send the notification request on notification content data comprising the corresponding account of the target terminal to the notification server.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the detection module comprises:

a determination unit configured to determine whether the heartbeat connection with the target terminal is normal; and

a confirm unit configured to determine that the state of the signaling channel is in the connected state when the heartbeat connection is normal and determine that the state of the signaling channel is in the disconnected state when the heartbeat connection is abnormal.

13. A communication system comprising:

an application server, a notification server, and a user terminal, wherein;

the application server is configured to detect a state of a signaling channel between the application server and the user terminal when detecting that the application server needs to push a message to the user terminal;

wherein application server sends the notification message to the user terminal through the signaling channel if the signaling channel is in a connected state;

if the signaling channel is in a disconnected state, the application server generates a notification request on the corresponding account of the user terminal and send the notification request to the notification server;

the notification server is configured to push notification message to the user terminal according to the notification request when receiving the notification request of the application server; and

the one user terminal is configured to send a confirmation message to the application server after receiving the notification message sent from the application server or receiving the notification message sent from notification server.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein:

the application server is configured to determine whether the replied confirmation message from the user terminal in response to the notification message is received within a preset time period when sending notification message to the user terminal via the singling channel; and

if within the preset time period, the replied confirmation message from at least one user terminal is not received, the notification request on corresponding account of at least one user terminal is sent to the notification server.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein:

the application server is configured to determine whether the replied confirmation message from target terminal in response to the notification message is received within the preset time period; and

if within the preset time period, the replied confirmation message from the target terminal is not received, the state of signaling channel connected to the target terminal;

if the signaling channel is in the connected state, the notification message is sent to the target terminal via this signaling channel.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the user terminal is configured to send confirmation message to the application server after receiving the notification message sent from the application server or receiving the notification message sent from the notification server.