Push notification delivery system

• US 9,762,690 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airship Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Urban Airship, Inc.
• Inventors: Lowry, Adam C., Onnen, Erik A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Chirag R
• Application Number:
  US14/536,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20150195369A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• 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 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

An example method for delivery of push notifications includes receiving a push notification including a message and a destination, creating a send token, sending a push notification derived from the received push notification and the send token, and receiving push information concerning a processing of the sent push notification which is identified by the send token. An example system for delivering push notifications includes a server system having a processor, memory, and a network interface, where the memory stores program instructions including code segments for receiving a received push notification via the network interface. In this example, the program instructions further includes code segments for creating a send token, code segments for sending a sent push notification derived from the received push notification and the send token via the network interface, and code segments for receiving received push information concerning a processing of the sent push notification are provided.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a set of one or more processors;

a memory comprising instructions that when executed, cause the set of one or more processors to;

receive, from a push notification server,

a push notification of a plurality of push notifications, the push notification including a message, and

a send token generated by the push notification server corresponding to the received push notification, the send token comprising a globally unique identifier that distinguishes the received push notification from the plurality of push notifications, the globally unique identifier independent of the device,

process the received push notification,

generate push information associated with the processing of the received push notification at the device; and

provide the generated push information to the push notification server.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the memory further comprise instructions that when executed causes the set of one or more processors to provide the send token with the generated push information.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the push information is identified using the send token.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the push information includes an indication that the push notification was received by the device.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the push information includes an indication that the push notification was processed by the device.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the push information is associated with a use of the push notification by an application installed on the device.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the set of one or more processors is further configured to augment the push information with life cycle event information pertaining to the application installed on the device.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein the life cycle event information includes an indication of an opening of the application.

9. The device of claim 7 wherein the life cycle event information includes an indication of an initialization of the application.

10. The device of claim 7 wherein the life cycle event information includes an indication of a closing of the application.

11. The device of claim 7 wherein the life cycle event information includes an indication of a foregrounding of the application.

12. The device of claim 7 wherein the life cycle event information includes an indication of a backgrounding of the application.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a push notification server,

a push notification of a plurality of push notifications, the push notification including a message, and

a send token generated by the push notification server corresponding to the received push notification, the send token comprising a globally unique identifier that distinguishes the received push notification from the plurality of push notifications, the globally unique identifier independent of a device

processing the received push notification,

generating, using a set of one or more processors, push information associated with the processing of the received push notification, and

providing the generated push information to the push notification server.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the set of one or more processors is further configured to provide the send token with the generated push information.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the push information includes an indication that the push notification was received.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the push information includes an indication that the push notification was processed.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the push information is associated with a use of the push notification by an installed application.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the set of one or more processors is further configured to augment the push information with life cycle event information pertaining to the installed application.

19. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, from a push notification server, and using a set of one or more interfaces;

a push notification of a plurality of push notifications, the push notification including a message, and

a send token generated by the push notification server corresponding to the received push notification, the send token comprising a globally unique identifier that distinguishes the received push notification from the plurality of push notifications, the globally unique identifier independent of a device,

processing the received push notification,

generating, using a set of one or more processors, push information associated with the processing of the received push notification, and

providing the generated push information to the push notification server.