Mobile push notification

• US 9,936,035 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2017
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• 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:
  US15/409,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20170126829A1
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• 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 receiving a first notification through a communications network. The first notification includes a subset of user-facing information of an object having one or more states, the subset being determined at a first point in time. A second notification is received through the communications network. The second notification is an update to the user-facing information of the object, and the update may be a subset of user-facing information determined at a second point in time after the first point in time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, receiving a first notification from a communications network, wherein;

the first notification comprises content associated with an object, the object being associated with one or more states;

the first notification is assigned a first priority level that is associated with a first assigned range of priority levels of the computing device at a time prior to the receiving of the first notification; and

the content comprises a first subset of user-facing information associated with the object, wherein the user-facing information comprises information about the one or more states, and the first subset is determined at a first time; and

by the computing device, receiving a second notification from the communications network, wherein;

the second notification comprises an update to the content based on a state change of at least one of the one or more states of the object;

the second notification is assigned a second priority level that is associated with a second assigned range of priority levels of the computing device at a time after the receiving of the first notification and prior to the receiving of the second notification;

the update comprises a second subset of the user-facing information, wherein the second subset is determined at a second time; and

the second time is later in time than the first time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second notification is displayed on a display of the computing device.

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

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

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user-facing information of the object comprises:

a number of likes associated with the user post;

or

a number of comments associated with the user post.

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

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

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

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the receiving of the first notification is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of the computing device; and

a first network state of the computing device; and

the receiving of the second notification is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of the computing device; and

a second network state of the computing device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the first power state and the first network state are sent by the computing device to the communications network prior to the first time; and

the second power state and the second network state are sent by the computing device to the communications network after the first time and prior to the second time.

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

receive a first notification through a real-time push service, wherein;

the first notification comprises content associated with an object, the object being associated with one or more states;

the first notification is assigned a first priority level that is associated with a first assigned range of priority levels at a time prior to the receiving of the first notification; and

the content comprises a first subset of user-facing information associated with the object, wherein the user-facing information comprises information about the one or more states, and the first subset is determined at a first time; and

receive a second notification through the real-time push service, wherein;

the second notification comprises an update to the content based on a state change of at least one of the one or more states of the object;

the second notification is assigned a second priority level that is associated with a second assigned range of priority levels at a time after the receiving of the first notification and prior to the receiving of the second notification;

the update comprises a second subset of the user-facing information determined at a second time; and

the second time is later in time than the first time.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the object is hosted by a social-networking system.

13. The media of claim 12, wherein the object is a user post to the social-networking system.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the user-facing information of the object comprises:

a number of likes associated with the user post;

or

a number of comments associated with the user post.

15. The media of claim 11, wherein the object is associated with a node in a social graph maintained by a social-networking system.

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

17. The media of claim 11, 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.

18. The media of claim 11, wherein:

the receiving of the first notification is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of a computing device; and

a first network state of the computing device; and

the receiving of the second notification is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of a computing device; and

a second network state of the computing device.

19. The media of claim 18, wherein:

the first power state and the first network state are sent to the real-time push service prior to the first time; and

the second power state and the second network state are sent to the real-time push service after the first time and prior to the second time.

20. 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;

receive a first notification through a real-time push service, wherein;

the first notification is assigned a first priority level that is associated with a first assigned range of priority levels at a time prior to the receiving of the first notification; and

the content comprises a first subset of user-facing information associated with the object, wherein the user-facing information comprises information about the one or more states, and the first subset is determined at a first time; and

receive a second notification through the real-time push service, wherein;

the second notification comprises an update to the content based on a state change of at least one of the one or more states of the object;

the second notification is assigned a second priority level that is associated with a second assigned range of priority levels at a time after the receiving of the first notification and prior to the receiving of the second notification;

the update comprises a second subset of the user-facing information determined at a second time; and

the second time is later in time than the first time.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the object is hosted by a social-networking system.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the object is a user post to the social-networking system.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the user-facing information of the object comprises:

a number of likes associated with the user post;

or

a number of comments associated with the user post.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the object is associated with a node in a social graph maintained by a social-networking system.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein the first notification comprises a message and a payload.

26. The system of claim 20, 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.

27. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the receiving of the first notification is determined by;

a priority level of the first notification;

a first power state of a computing device; and

a first network state of the computing device; and

the receiving of the second notification is determined by;

a priority level of the second notification;

a second power state of a computing device; and

a second network state of the computing device.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein:

the first power state and the first network state are sent to the real-time push service prior to the first time; and

the second power state and the second network state are sent to the real-time push service after the first time and prior to the second time.