SYNDICATED CLOUD-BASED NOTIFICATION AS A SERVICE

• US 20170201483A1
• Filed: 06/09/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, Gregory L., Tingey, Michael O.
• Granted Patent: US 10,462,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for notifying of content changes includes monitoring, by a computer processor, a content source of a content provider. That monitoring includes periodically reading a Notification as a Service (NaaS) extension in a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed associated with the content source, where the NaaS extension defines a plurality of interest categories of the content source. New content is identified in the content source, based on periodically reading the NaaS extension, and the new content is associated with a first interest category of the plurality of interest categories. A user is identified as being subscribed to receive notifications of content changes in the first interest category. The user is notified of the new content, responsive to the new content being associated with the first interest category and the user being subscribed to receive notification of content changes in the first interest category.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for notifying of content changes, comprising:

monitoring, by a computer processor, a content source of a content provider, wherein the monitoring comprises;

periodically reading a Notification as a Service (NaaS) extension in a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed associated with the content source;

wherein the NaaS extension defines a plurality of interest categories of the content source;

identifying new content in the content source, based on the periodically reading the NaaS extension, wherein the new content is associated with a first interest category of the plurality of interest categories;

identifying a user subscribed to receive notifications of content changes in the first interest category; and

notifying the user of the new content, responsive to the new content being associated with the first interest category and the user being subscribed to receive notification of content changes in the first interest category.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the plurality of interest categories in a schema storage;

transmitting a list of the plurality of interest categories to an interest widget displayed in association with the content source; and

receiving from the user at the interest widget a selection of the first interest category.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying a schema change in the content source, based on the periodically reading the NaaS extension;

updating the plurality of interest categories as stored in the schema storage, responsive to the schema change; and

updating the interest widget responsive to updating the plurality of interest categories as stored in the schema storage.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

populating a data dictionary with synonyms of a plurality of interest categories, wherein the populating is performed based on a collaboration among a plurality of content providers;

identifying a second user subscribed to receive notifications of content changes in a second interest category;

determining that the second interest category is synonymous with the first interest category, wherein the determining is performed by searching the data dictionary for synonyms of the first interest category; and

notifying the second user of the new content, responsive to the new content being associated with the first interest category and the second user being subscribed to receive notification of content changes in the second interest category.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the NaaS extension in the RSS feed further provides a set of available notification options, and further comprising:

storing the set of available notification options in a schema storage;

transmitting the set of notification options to an interest widget displayed in association with the content source; and

receiving from the user at the interest widget a selection of a first notification option among the set of available notification options;

wherein the notifying the user of the new content comprises using the first notification option, responsive to the user'"'"'s selection of the first notification option.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

identifying a schema change in the content source, based on the periodically reading the NaaS extension;

updating the set of available notification options as stored in the schema storage, responsive to the schema change; and

updating the interest widget responsive to updating the set of available notification options as stored in the schema storage.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring a plurality of other content sources of a plurality of other content providers, wherein the monitoring the plurality of other content sources comprises:

periodically reading a plurality of other NaaS extensions of a plurality of other RSS feeds associated with the plurality of other content sources;

wherein the plurality of other NaaS extensions define a plurality of other interest categories of the plurality of other content sources;

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein a second NaaS extension associated with a second content source defines a set of interest categories distinct from the plurality of interest categories of the content source.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content source is a social media channel.