METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT

• US 20140337405A1
• Filed: 05/09/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Athas, Gregory Joseph, Keskitalo, Tuomas Veli
• Granted Patent: US 9,503,540 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• 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

Abstract

An approach is provided for asynchronous distribution of content and notifications of updates to a client. A proxy server causes an establishment of at least one communication connection between at least one proxy client, at least one proxy server, and/or at least one service provider. The proxy server determines one or more updated content items available to the at least one proxy client. The proxy server causes a transmission of the one or more updated content items, one or more notifications regarding the one or more updated content items, or a combination thereof via the at least one communication connection.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

an establishment of at least one communication connection between (a) at least one proxy client, and (b) at least one proxy server, at least one service provider, or a combination thereof;

at least one determination of one or more updated content items available to the at least one proxy client; and

a transmission of the one or more updated content items, one or more notifications regarding the one or more updated content items, or a combination thereof via the at least one communication connection.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the at least one communication connection is a push notification connection established via at least one notification server, at least one notification client, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the transmission includes the one or more updated content items as a payload delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a delivery of the one or more updated content items from the at least one notification client to the at least one proxy client.

4. A method of claim 2, wherein the transmission includes the one or more notifications delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a generation of a request by the at least one proxy client for the one or more updated content items based, at least in part, on the one or more notifications; and

a delivery of the one or more updated content items via a content exchange connection between the at least one proxy server and the at least one proxy client.

5. A method of claim 2, wherein the transmission includes one or more portions of the one or more updated content items delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a delivery of the one or more portions from the at least one notification client to the at least one proxy client for rendering by the at least one proxy client as the proxy client requests one or more remaining portions of the one or more updated content items.

6. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a registration of at least one web application to associate at least one notification identifier with the at least one web application, wherein the at least one web application is executed via the at least one proxy client; and

a routing of the one or more updated content items, the one or more notifications, to the at least one web application based, at least in part, on the at least one notification identifier.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a refresh of the at least one web application based, at least in part, on the registration, the transmission, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 2, wherein the at least one communication connection is established based, at least in part, on at least one Hyper Text Markup Language 5 protocol server-sent event from the at least one service provider.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of whether to include the one or more updated content items or whether to include the one or more notifications in the transmission based, at least in part, on resource availability information associated with the at least one proxy client, the at least one notification client, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a rendering of the one or more updated content items, the one or more notifications, or a combination thereof in at least one notification user interface,

wherein the at least one notification user interface includes, at least in part, one or more options for causing, at least in part, an initiation of the at least one proxy client.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

cause, at least in part, an establishment of at least one communication connection between (a) at least one proxy client, and (b) at least one proxy server, at least one service provider, or a combination thereof;

determine one or more updated content items available to the at least one proxy client; and

cause, at least in part, a transmission of the one or more updated content items, one or more notifications regarding the one or more updated content items, or a combination thereof via the at least one communication connection.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one communication connection is a push notification connection established via at least one notification server, at least one notification client, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transmission includes the one or more updated content items as a payload delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a delivery of the one or more updated content items from the at least one notification client to the at least one proxy client.

14. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the transmission includes the one or more notifications delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a generation of a request by the at least one proxy client for the one or more updated content items based, at least in part, on the one or more notifications; and

cause, at least in part, a delivery of the one or more updated content items via a content exchange connection between the at least one proxy server and the at least one proxy client.

15. An apparatus of claim 12 wherein the transmission includes one or more portions of the one or more updated content items delivered to the at least one notification client via the at least one communication connection, and wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a delivery of the one or more portions from the at least one notification client to the at least one proxy client for rendering by the at least one proxy client as the proxy client requests one or more remaining portions of the one or more updated content items.

16. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a registration of at least one web application to associate at least one notification identifier with the at least one web application, wherein the at least one web application is executed via the at least one proxy client; and

cause, at least in part, a routing of the one or more updated content items, the one or more notifications, to the at least one web application based, at least in part, on the at least one notification identifier.

17. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a refresh of the at least one web application based, at least in part, on the registration, the transmission, or a combination thereof.

18. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one communication connection is established based, at least in part, on at least one Hyper Text Markup Language 5 protocol server-sent event from the at least one service provider.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine whether to include the one or more updated content items or whether to include the one or more notifications in the transmission based, at least in part, on resource availability information associated with the at least one proxy client, the at least one notification client, or a combination thereof.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a rendering of the one or more updated content items, the one or more notifications, or a combination thereof in at least one notification user interface,

wherein the at least one notification user interface includes, at least in part, one or more options for causing, at least in part, an initiation of the at least one proxy client.

21-48. -48. (canceled)