Systems and methods for collecting and distributing a plurality of notifications

• US 9,501,337 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Shapiro, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Onat, Umut
• Application Number:
  US12/108,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,134 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

Methods and systems for collecting and distributing a plurality of notifications are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, authenticating the publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification. The method further includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, determining whether the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, outputting the notification to the client when the publisher of the notification is authentic and the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a notification server, a first plurality of inputs for a first notification, wherein each of the first plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the first notification by a respective client receiving the first notification responsive to the notification server delivering the first notification to the respective client receiving the first notification;

receiving, by the notification server, a second plurality of inputs for a second notification, wherein each of the second plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the second notification by a respective client receiving the second notification responsive to the notification server delivering the second notification to the respective client receiving the second notification; and

determining, by the notification server, an analytic evaluating the first notification in reference to the second notification, wherein the analytic is determined using the first plurality of inputs and the second plurality of inputs;

wherein determining the analytic comprises comparing the first plurality of inputs representing rankings of the first notification with the second plurality of inputs representing rankings of the second notification.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the analytic describes a relative order of importance between the first notification and the second notification.

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

determining, by the notification server, a first amount to charge a first publisher of the first notification for providing the first notification based on the analytic; and

determining, by the notification server, a second amount to charge a second publisher of the second notification for providing the second notification based on the analytic.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first notification is from a first publisher and the second notification is from a second publisher, and further comprising:

apportioning, by the notification server, a first number of additional notifications from the first publisher to be delivered by the notification server based on the analytic; and

apportioning, by the notification server, a second number of additional notifications from the second publisher to be delivered by the notification server based on the analytic.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the analytic comprises:

aggregating the first plurality of inputs into a first aggregate input;

aggregating the second plurality of inputs into a second aggregate input; and

comparing the first aggregate input with the second aggregate input.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5,

wherein each of the first plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a respective pointer at the respective client receiving the first notification is positioned over a first graphical representation of the first notification;

wherein each of the second plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a respective pointer at the respective client receiving the second notification is positioned over a second graphical representation of the second notification;

wherein comparing the first aggregate input with the second aggregate input comprises comparing a first aggregate amount of time obtained from the first plurality of inputs and a second aggregate amount of time obtained from the second plurality of inputs.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 5,

wherein each of the first plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a first graphical representation of the first notification is active at the respective client receiving the first notification;

wherein each of the second plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a second graphical representation of the second notification is active at the respective client receiving the second notification;

wherein comparing the first aggregate input with the second aggregate input comprises comparing a first aggregate amount of time obtained from the first plurality of inputs and a second aggregate amount of time obtained from the second plurality of inputs.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the analytic comprises comparing the first plurality of inputs representing decisions to block a first publisher of the first notification with the second plurality of inputs representing decisions to block a second publisher of the second notification.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing the analytic to a first publisher of the first notification and to a second publisher of the second notification.

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

receiving, by the notification server, a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier; and

for each notification of the plurality of notifications;

authenticating, by the notification server, a publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification;

determining, by the notification server, that the client is subscribed to receive a type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification; and

outputting, by the notification server, the notification to the client based on authenticating the publisher and determining that the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein each of the first plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of activity by at least one application other than an application rendering a first graphical representation of the first notification at the respective client receiving the first notification during the rendering of the first graphical representation at the respective client receiving the first notification;

and

wherein each of the second plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of activity by at least one application other than an application rendering a second graphical representation of the second notification at the respective client receiving the second notification during the rendering of the second graphical representation at the respective client receiving the second notification.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein each of the first plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a first graphical representation of the first notification is rendered at the respective client receiving the first notification prior to the first graphical representation being closed in response to input received at the respective client receiving the first notification;

and

wherein each of the second plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a second graphical representation of the second notification is rendered at the respective client receiving the second notification prior to the second graphical representation being closed in response to input received at the respective client receiving the second notification.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein at least two of the first plurality of inputs indicate different amounts of interaction with the first notification by at least two clients receiving the first notification;

wherein at least two of the second plurality of inputs indicate different amounts of interaction with the second notification by at least two clients receiving the second notification.

14. A notification server comprising:

a processor for executing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium on one or more devices providing an application;

wherein the application comprises one or more modules configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first plurality of inputs for a first notification, wherein each of the first plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the first notification by a respective client receiving the first notification responsive to the notification server delivering the first notification to the respective client receiving the first notification;

receiving a second plurality of inputs for a second notification, wherein each of the second plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the second notification by a respective client receiving the second notification responsive to the notification server delivering the second notification to the respective client receiving the second notification; and

determining an analytic evaluating the first notification in reference to the second notification, wherein the analytic is determined using the first plurality of inputs for the first notification and the second plurality of inputs for the second notification;

wherein the one or more modules are configured to perform additional operations comprising;

determining, based on the analytic, a first amount to charge the first publisher for providing the first notification; and

determining, based on the analytic, a second amount to charge the second publisher for providing the second notification based on the analytic.

15. The notification server of claim 14,

wherein the one or more modules are configured to determine the analytic by:

aggregating the first plurality of inputs from the plurality into a first aggregate input,

aggregating the second plurality of inputs from the plurality into a second aggregate input, and

comparing the first aggregate input with the second aggregate input; and

wherein the one or more modules are configured to provide the analytic to a first publisher of the first notification and to a second publisher of the second notification.

16. The notification server of claim 15,

wherein each of the first plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a respective pointer at the respective client receiving the first notification is positioned over a first graphical representation of the first notification;

wherein each of the second plurality of inputs comprises a respective amount of time a respective pointer at the respective client receiving the second notification is positioned over a second graphical representation of the second notification;

wherein comparing the first aggregate input with the second aggregate input comprises comparing a first aggregate amount of time obtained from the first plurality of inputs and a second aggregate amount of time obtained from the second plurality of inputs.

17. The notification server of claim 15, wherein the one or more modules are configured to perform additional operations comprising:

receiving a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier; and

for each notification of the plurality of notifications;

authenticating a publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification;

determining that the client is subscribed to receive a type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification; and

outputting the notification to the client based on authenticating the publisher and determining that the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, comprising:

program code for receiving a first plurality of inputs for a first notification, wherein each of the first plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the first notification by a respective client receiving the first notification responsive to a notification server delivering the first notification to the respective client receiving the first notification;

program code for receiving a second plurality of inputs for a second notification, wherein each of the second plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of interaction with the second notification by a respective client receiving the second notification responsive to the notification server delivering the second notification to the respective client receiving the second notification;

program code for determining an analytic evaluating the first notification in reference to the second notification, wherein the analytic is determined using the first plurality of inputs and the second plurality of inputs;

program code for determining a first amount to charge a first publisher of the first notification for providing the first notification based on the analytic; and

program code for determining a second amount to charge a second publisher of the second notification for providing the second notification based on the analytic.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising:

program code for receiving a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier; and

program code for, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, performing operations comprising;

authenticating a publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification;

determining that the client is subscribed to receive a type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification; and

outputting the notification to the client based on authenticating the publisher and determining that the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.

20. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a notification server, a first plurality of inputs for a first notification, wherein each of the first plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of attention directed to the first notification by a respective client receiving the first notification;

receiving, by the notification server, a second plurality of inputs for a second notification, wherein each of the second plurality of inputs indicates a respective amount of attention directed to the second notification by a respective client receiving the second notification; and

determining, by the notification server, an analytic evaluating the first notification in reference to the second notification, wherein the analytic is determined using the first plurality of inputs and the second plurality of inputs.