Notification subsystem
First Claim
1. A method for a plurality of user terminals to communicate in a network, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a user'"'"'s status of a first user terminal by a first server in the network, wherein the user'"'"'s status includes available and invisible;
collaborating with the first server by a second server in the network to obtain the user'"'"'s status;
delivering a notification from a second user terminal to the first user terminal by the second server in case that the user'"'"'s status is available; and
storing the notification from the second user terminal in a database in case that the user'"'"'s status is invisible.
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Abstract
A communication method and a network is presented comprising at least one server (1) and a plurality of user terminals (3). The user terminals (3) can share information with each other and with the at least one server (1) by means of a network (2), which can be e.g., the internet. A predefined action is associated by a notification server (29) with a notification. The notification is sent to a user terminal (3) and displayed on a screen (38) of the user terminal (3). The predefined action associated with the notification sent to the user terminal (3) is activated automatically by a response to the displayed notification at the user terminal (3), e.g. by clicking on a notification window on the screen (38) of the user terminal (3). A target address can be associated with a notification sent to a user terminal (3). The predefined action is activated addressed to the target address by the clicking on the notification window. Furthermore, a life span information can be associated with a notification to be sent to the user terminal (3). A data base (36) is accessed by the notification server (29) to store notifications in case the user terminal (3) to which a notification is to be sent is not in a logged-in state.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for a plurality of user terminals to communicate in a network, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a user'"'"'s status of a first user terminal by a first server in the network, wherein the user'"'"'s status includes available and invisible;
collaborating with the first server by a second server in the network to obtain the user'"'"'s status;
delivering a notification from a second user terminal to the first user terminal by the second server in case that the user'"'"'s status is available; and
storing the notification from the second user terminal in a database in case that the user'"'"'s status is invisible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication network, comprising:
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a plurality of user terminals; and
a plurality of servers, wherein a first server maintains a first user'"'"'s status of a first user terminal, the first user'"'"'s status including available and invisible, a second server collaborates the first server to obtain the first user'"'"'s status, the second server delivers a notification from a second user terminal to the first user terminal in case that the first user'"'"'s status is available, and a database stores the notification from the second user terminal in case that the first user'"'"'s status is invisible. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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