Email webclient notification queuing

• US 9,900,366 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2013
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Christianto, Daniel, van Doorn, Ivo, Koster, Simon Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, John B
• Application Number:
  US14/035,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20150081810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

Notifications received from an email server can be stored and provided to a webclient upon subsequent communications from the webclient received at an HTTP server. Notifications stored in a database or a storage are retrieved and transmitted to the webclient by backup or alternate HTTP servers when the webclient requests service. An attachment received from a webclient for a message in composition can be saved by an HTTP server in a storage system so that a backup HTTP server can locate the attachment and provide the attachment to a messaging server when the user is ready to send the message.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving over a non-persistent network connection, at a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server, a request to interact with an email system from a webclient operating on a computing device, the HTTP server comprising a persistent connection with the email system;

receiving, at the HTTP server, a notification associated with the webclient from the email system;

storing the notification by the HTTP server;

receiving a communication from the webclient at the HTTP server;

in response to receiving the communication, retrieving the notification by the HTTP server; and

transmitting over the network the notification from the HTTP server to the webclient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the HTTP server stores the notification in at least one of a database, a storage device, or a local storage device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the HTTP server, a second notification associated with the webclient from the email system;

storing the second notification by the HTTP server;

receiving a second communication from the webclient at a second HTTP server;

determining, by the second HTTP server, that the second notification has been stored;

retrieving the second notification; and

transmitting the second notification from the second HTTP server to the webclient.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification is transmitted by the HTTP server with email data.

5. A system, comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, when executing the instructions, effectuates operations comprising;

receiving over a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) connection a request to access a server from a webclient operating on a computing device, wherein the system comprises a persistent network connection with the server;

receiving over the persistent network connection a notification associated with the webclient from the server;

storing the notification; and

transmitting over the network the notification to the webclient in response to a subsequent communication received from the webclient.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise generating identification information for the webclient.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein storing the notification comprises storing the notification and the identification information in a database record.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein storing the notification comprises storing the notification in a storage device, and storing storage device location information for the notification and the identification information in a database record.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise deleting the notification after transmitting the notification to the webclient.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein establishing a persistent connection with the server comprises instructing a notifications server to establish a persistent connection with the server.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server from a webclient, a request to access a third server;

determining, by the HTTP server querying a database, that a notification associated with the webclient has been stored by a second HTTP server;

retrieving the notification by the HTTP server; and

transmitting over the network, by the HTTP server, the notification to the webclient.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising determining storage device location information for the notification based on identification information for the webclient.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the request to access the third server comprises the identification information.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising deleting the notification after transmitting the notification to the webclient.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein retrieving the notification comprises retrieving the notification from at least one of a storage device, a database, or a notifications server.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising providing access to the third server for the webclient.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause a processor to effectuate operations comprising:

receiving over a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) connection a request to access a server from a webclient operating on a computing device, wherein the server comprises a persistent network connection;

receiving over the persistent network connection a notification associated with the webclient from the server;

storing the notification; and

transmitting over the network the notification to the webclient in response to a subsequent communication received from the webclient.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise generating identification information for the webclient.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein storing the notification comprises storing the notification and the identification information in a database record.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein storing the notification comprises storing the notification in a storage device, and storing storage device location information for the notification and the identification information in a database record.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting a request to receive notifications associated with the webclient to the server.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein transmitting the notification to the webclient comprises transmitting the notification with additional data received from the server.