Mobile push notification

• US 9,319,473 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zadorozny, Richard Kenneth, Talwar, Mohit, Popov, Lev, Yao, Rose
• Primary Examiner(s): NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
• Application Number:
  US13/718,273
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/204, 709/206, 709/207, 709/223, 709/224, 709/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes sending to a mobile client computing device a first notification through a real-time push service, the first notification including content and being associated with a stateful object; the method also includes, in response to a state change of the stateful object, sending to the mobile client computing device a second notification through the real-time push service, the second notification including an update to the content based on the state change of the stateful object.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by one or more computing devices, sending to a mobile client computing device a first notification through a real-time push service, the first notification comprising content and being associated with a stateful object, wherein;

the stateful object comprises user-facing information;

the content of the first notification comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a first time when the first notification is sent; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a first network state of the mobile client computing device; and

by one or more computing devices, in response to a state change of the stateful object, sending to the mobile client computing device a second notification through the real-time push service, the second notification comprising an update to the content based on the state change of the stateful object, wherein;

the update to the content comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a second time when the second notification is sent, wherein the second time is later in time than the first time; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a second network state of the mobile client computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second notification is configured for display by the mobile client computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stateful object is hosted by a social-networking system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the stateful object is a user post to the social-networking system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stateful object is associated with a node in a social graph maintained by a social-networking system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first notification comprises a message and a payload.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time push service comprises a channel server, a MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) server, and a push service hosted by a carrier network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the stateful object comprises user-facing information;

the content in the first notification comprises all the user-facing information associated with the stateful object when the first notification is sent; and

the update in the second notification comprises all the user-facing information associated with the stateful object when the second notification is sent that was not in the first notification.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

send to a mobile client computing device a first notification through a real-time push service, the first notification comprising content and being associated with a stateful object, wherein;

the stateful object comprises user-facing information;

the content of the first notification comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a first time when the first notification is sent; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a first network state of the mobile client computing device; and

in response to a state change of the stateful object, send to the mobile client computing device a second notification through the real-time push service, the second notification comprising an update to the content based on the state change of the stateful object, wherein;

the update to the content comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a second time when the second notification is sent, wherein the second time is later in time than the first time; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a second network state of the mobile client computing device.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the first or second notification is configured for display by the mobile client computing device.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the first notification comprises a message and a payload.

12. The media of claim 9, wherein the real-time push service comprises a channel server, a MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) server, and a push service hosted by a carrier network.

13. The media of claim 9, wherein:

the stateful object comprises user-facing information;

the content in the first notification comprises all the user-facing information associated with the stateful object when the first notification is sent; and

the update in the second notification comprises all the user-facing information associated with the stateful object when the second notification is sent that was not in the first notification.

14. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

send to a mobile client computing device a first notification through a real-time push service, the first notification comprising content and being associated with a stateful object, wherein;

the stateful object comprises user-facing information;

the content of the first notification comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a first time when the first notification is sent; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a first network state of the mobile client computing device; and

in response to a state change of the stateful object, send to the mobile client computing device a second notification through the real-time push service, the second notification comprising an update to the content based on the state change of the stateful object, wherein;

the update to the content comprises a pre-determined subset of the user-facing information associated with the stateful object at a second time when the second notification is sent, wherein the second time is later in time than the first time; and

the sending is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of the mobile client computing device; and

a second network state of the mobile client computing device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first or second notification is configured for display by the mobile client computing device.