Targeted notification of content availability to a mobile device

• US 9,369,424 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Inventors: van Gent, Robert Paul, Ariel, Ido
• Primary Examiner(s): MORRISON, JAY A
• Application Number:
  US14/872,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20160036760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 258 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• 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 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 : for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 : Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A system includes a first computing device client associated with a first user in a community of users operable to send content to publish to a data aggregation server. The data aggregation server is operable to receive the content to publish from the first computing device client, host a first user profile associated with the first user of the first computing device client, the first user profile identifying a targeted recipient in the community of users, and disseminate automatically the content received from the first computing device client to a second computing device client associated with the targeted recipient, without receiving input from the first computing device client explicitly specifying the targeted recipient to whom the content is disseminated.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first computing device client associated with a first user in a community of users operable to;

send content to publish to a data aggregation server,

wherein the data aggregation server has a hardware processor operable to;

receive the content to publish from the first computing device client;

host a first user profile associated with the first user of the first computing device client;

store relationship data in the first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the first user and one or more other users in the community of users,

wherein the relationship is established by mutual agreement between users by inviting the one or more other users to establish a relationship with the first user and the one or more other users confirming the relationship;

identify targeted recipients in the community of users based on the relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users;

authenticate the targeted recipients by comparing information provided by the targeted recipients with information stored by the data aggregation server; and

disseminate the content received from the first computing device client to a second computing device client associated with at least one of the targeted recipients without receiving input from the first computing device client explicitly specifying the targeted recipient to whom the content is disseminated and without receiving input from the second computing device specifying the first user from which the content originated.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a first computing device operable to;

execute the first computing device client; and

communicate with the data aggregation server over a network, and

wherein the data aggregation server is operable to;

communicate with the first computing device over the network; and

communicate with a second computing device over the network, and

the second computing device is operable to;

execute the second computing device client; and

communicate with the data aggregation server over the network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the content comprises one or more of updated content and new content, and wherein the content further comprises one or more of a calendar item, a media item, and a photograph.

4. The system of claim 3, where the data aggregation server is further operable to:

receive other content from a plurality of other computing device clients;

aggregate the content from the first computing device client and the other content from the plurality of other computing device clients to form aggregated content;

push a notification identifying the aggregated content to the second computing device client;

receive a request identifying the aggregated content from the second computing device client; and

send the aggregated content to the second computing device client,

wherein the second computing device client is further operable to;

receive the notification identifying the aggregated content from the data aggregation server;

send the request identifying the aggregated content from the data aggregation server;

receive the aggregated content from the data aggregation server; and

display the aggregated content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data aggregation server is further operable to:

push a first notification identifying the content to the second computing device client; and

the second computing device client further operable to;

receive the first notification identifying the content from the data aggregation server.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the second computing device client is further operable to:

send a comment on the content to the data aggregation server, and the data aggregation server further operable to;

receive the comment on the content from the second computing device client; and

associate the comment with the content.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the data aggregation server is further operable to push a second notification identifying the comment to the first computing device client, and

the first computing device client is further operable to receive the second notification from the data aggregation server identifying the comment, wherein the first notification and the second notification are pushed via one of SMS and an e-mail.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data aggregation server is configured to reformat the content that is disseminated to the second computing device based on particularities of the second computing device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the content is reformatted when the second computing device is in a bandwidth restricted network.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the second computing device is configured to allow a user thereof to deny dissemination of the content.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the second computing device is configured to allow a user to request delivery of content from a first computing device.

12. A data aggregation server comprising:

a hardware processor configured to;

receive content to publish from a first computing device of a first user in a community of users;

store relationship data in a first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the first user and one or more other users in the community of users,

wherein the relationship is established by mutual agreement between users by inviting the one or more other users to establish the relationship with the first user and the one or more other users confirming the relationship;

identify targeted recipients in the community of users based on the relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users; and

authenticate the targeted recipients by comparing information provided by the targeted recipients with information stored by the data aggregation server;

disseminate the content of the first user to the targeted recipients,

wherein the content is delivered without the first user explicitly specifying the targeted recipient to whom the content is disseminated and without receiving input from the targeted recipients specifying the first user from which the content originated.

13. The data aggregation server of claim 12 further operable to:

communicate with the first computing device over a network; and

communicate with a second computing device associated with one of the targeted recipients over the network.

14. The data aggregation server of claim 13, wherein the first computing device is a first mobile phone, the second computing device is a second mobile phone, and the network is a cellular network.

15. The data aggregation server of claim 12, wherein the content comprises one or more of updated content and new content, and wherein the content further comprises one or more of a calendar item, a media item, and a photograph.

16. The data aggregation server of claim 15 further operable to:

receive other content from a plurality of other computing devices;

aggregate the content from the first computing device and the other content from the plurality of other computing devices to form aggregated content;

push a notification identifying the aggregated content to the second computing device;

receive a request for the aggregated content from the second computing device; and

send the aggregated content to the second computing device.

17. The data aggregation server of claim 12 further operable to:

push a first notification identifying the content to the second computing device.

18. The data aggregation server of claim 17 further operable to:

receive a comment on the content from the second computing device; and

associate the comment with the content.

19. The data aggregation server of claim 18 further operable to:

push a second notification identifying the comment to the first computing device, wherein the first notification and the second notification are pushed via one of SMS and an e-mail.

20. A method of operating a data aggregation server comprising:

receiving content to publish from a first computing device of a first user in a community of users;

storing relationship data in a first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the first user and one or more other users in the community of users,

wherein the relationship is established by mutual agreement between users by inviting the one or more other users to establish a relationship with the first user and the one or more other users confirming the relationship;

identifying targeted recipients in the community of users based on relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users;

authenticating the targeted recipients by comparing information provided by the targeted recipients with stored information; and

disseminating the content of the first user to the targeted recipient for access via a second computing device of the targeted recipient,

wherein, the content is delivered without receiving input from the first computing device explicitly specifying the targeted recipient to whom the content is pushed and without receiving input from the second computing device specifying the first user from which content that is disseminated.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

communicating with the first computing device over a network; and

communicating with the second computing device over the network.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein content comprises one or more of updated content and new content, and wherein the content further comprises one or more of a calendar item, a media item, and a photograph.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising:

receiving other content from a plurality of other computing devices;

aggregating the content from the first computing device and the other content from the plurality of other computing devices to form aggregated content;

pushing a notification identifying the aggregated content to the second computing device;

receiving a request identifying the aggregated content from the second computing device; and

sending the aggregated content to the second computing device.

24. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

pushing a first notification identifying the content to the second computing device.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising:

receiving a comment on the content from the second computing device; and

associating the comment with the content.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein, the targeted recipients are able to comment on updated content of the first user.

27. A data aggregation server comprising:

a hardware processor configured to;

receive content to publish from a first computing device of a first user in a community of users;

host a first user profile associated with the first user of the first computing device;

store group information in the first user profile, the group information reflecting one or more users in the community of users that are members of one or more groups, the one or more users and the one or more groups defined based on input received from the first computing device;

store relationship data in a first user profile, the relationship data reflecting relationships between the first user and one or more other users in the community of users, wherein the relationship is established by mutual agreement between users by inviting the one or more other users to establish the relationship with the first user and the one or more other users confirming the relationship;

identify targeted recipients in the community of users based on the relationship data, the targeted recipients being a subset of the community of users;

authenticate the targeted recipients by comparing information provided by the targeted recipients with information stored by the data aggregation server; and

disseminate the content of the first user to at least one of the targeted recipients,

wherein the content is delivered without the first user explicitly specifying the targeted recipients to whom the content is disseminated and without receiving input from the targeted recipients specifying the first user from which the content originated.

28. The data aggregation server of claim 27, wherein the first computing device is a first mobile phone, and a second computing device that is associated with at least one of the targeted recipients is a second mobile phone, and the first mobile phone, second mobile phone, and data aggregation server are operable to communicate over a cellular network, and wherein content comprises one or more of updated content and new content, and wherein the content further comprises one or more of a calendar item, a media item, and a photograph.

29. The data aggregation server of claim 27 further operable to:

receive other content from a plurality of other computing devices;

aggregate the content from the first computing device and the other content from the plurality of other computing devices to form aggregated content;

push a notification identifying the aggregated content to a second computing device associated with at least one of the targeted recipients;

receive a request identifying the aggregated content from the second computing device; and

send the aggregated content to the second computing device.

30. The data aggregation server of claim 27 further operable to:

push a first notification identifying the content to a second computing device associated with at least one of the targeted recipients;

receive a comment on the content from the second computing device;

associate the comment with the content; and

push a second notification identifying the comment to the first computing device, wherein the first notification and the second notification are pushed via one of SMS and an e-mail.