Schemas for a notification platform and related information services
First Claim
1. In a computer network, a method comprising,receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema representing properties of a subscription to the information source including message handling preferences, anddetermining whether the user should receive the notification based on user preference data and context data, the user preference data regularized according to a preferences schema, and if so, determining a selected device to receive the notification and sending the notification to the selected device,wherein the notification is received at an information agent of the client and the notification schema and the preferences schema are used by the information agent to provide normalized handling of the notification received from the information source by processing or modifying initial values for properties represented by the notification schema based on the user preference data represented by the preferences schema.
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Abstract
Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices. The information agent service accesses criteria including user preferences and user contextual information, including presence information, location information, and schedule information along with people and groups data and extended-context data. Preferences about subscriptions and information handling policies may be stored and used at notification sources or in more central preference encodings. Access to multiple preferences is maintained, and a user interface is provided that allows users to inspect and control multiple subscriptions in one conceptual place.
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31 Claims
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1. In a computer network, a method comprising,
receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema representing properties of a subscription to the information source including message handling preferences, and determining whether the user should receive the notification based on user preference data and context data, the user preference data regularized according to a preferences schema, and if so, determining a selected device to receive the notification and sending the notification to the selected device, wherein the notification is received at an information agent of the client and the notification schema and the preferences schema are used by the information agent to provide normalized handling of the notification received from the information source by processing or modifying initial values for properties represented by the notification schema based on the user preference data represented by the preferences schema.
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17. A computer-readable-storage medium having computer executable instructions comprising:
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receiving a notification directed to a client from an information source, the notification regularized according to a notification schema representing properties of a subscription to the information source including message handling preferences; accessing user preference data and context data to obtain criteria for sending the notification to the client, the user preference data regularized according to a preferences schema, and sending the notification to the client based on the criteria, wherein the notification is received at an information agent of the client and the notification schema and the preferences schema are used by the information agent to provide normalized handling of the notification received from the information source by processing or modifying initial values for properties represented by the notification schema based on the user preference data represented by the preferences schema. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. In a computer network, a method comprising:
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receiving a notification from an information source at an information agent of a client, the notification regularized according to a notification schema representing properties of a subscription to the information source including message handling preferences; and determining whether to send the notification to a user based on user preference data and context data, the user preference data regularized according to a preferences schema, wherein the notification schema and the preferences schema are used by the information agent to provide normalized handling of the notification received from the information source by processing or modifying initial values for properties represented by the notification schema based on the user preference data represented by the preferences schema. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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