Enabling a push notification from a website

• US 9,973,589 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2017
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Lau, Cheuk Wan William, Dolin, Robert M., Jin, Larry, Yamini, Smriti, Roberts, Melanie Vanessa, Tang, Lan
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Liangche A
• Application Number:
  US15/431,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20170155728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709222, 709223, 709224, 709227, 709229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Techniques for enabling a push notification from a website are described. In at least some embodiments, a push notification generally represents a way for a website to push information to a client device. For instance, a push notification may include content (e.g., text, images, video, audio, and so forth) that a website pushes to a client device. The content can be output via the client device, e.g., independently of an output of the website itself. According to one or more embodiments, a push notification channel is generated that enables notifications to be pushed from a website to a client device. Generally, a push notification channel represents a set of attributes and procedures that enable notifications to be securely and accurately pushed from a website to a client device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system perform operations including;

receiving an indication of user input to a webpage selecting a selectable option to request to subscribe to receive a push notification from a website represented by the webpage;

authenticating with a notification service and obtaining, from the notification service, a channel token to enable a push notification from the website to a client device;

generating a channel link that includes the channel token and an identifier for the website;

mapping the channel link to a notification indicator for the website;

communicating the channel link to the website to enable the website to push a notification from the website to the notification indicator; and

receiving a notification from the website and causing the notification indicator to be updated based on the notification, the notification indicator comprising a tile that is separate from the webpage of the website.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the channel token includes an embedded device identifier for the client device.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said generating comprises embedding a domain name for the website into the channel link.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said generating comprises embedding user credentials for a user account with the website into the channel link.

5. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said generating comprises:

obtaining user identification data for a user of the client device;

encrypting the user identification data; and

placing the encrypted user identification data into the channel link.

6. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the notification indicator comprises a visual representation of the website that is separate from the website.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an indication of user input to a webpage causing selection of a selectable option to request to subscribe to receive a push notification from a website represented by the webpage;

authenticating with a notification service and obtaining, from the notification service, a channel token to enable a push notification from the website to a client device;

generating a channel link that includes the channel token and an identifier for the website;

mapping the channel link to a notification indicator for the web site;

communicating the channel link to the website to enable the website to push a notification from the website to the notification indicator; and

receiving a notification from the website and causing the notification indicator to be updated based on the notification, the notification indicator comprising a tile that is separate from the webpage of the website.

8. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the notification service is separate from the client device.

9. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the channel token includes an embedded device identifier for the client device.

10. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said generating comprises embedding a domain name for the website into the channel link.

11. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said generating comprises embedding user credentials for a user account with the website into the channel link.

12. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said generating comprises:

obtaining user identification data for a user of the client device;

encrypting the user identification data; and

placing the encrypted user identification data into the channel link.

13. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the notification indicator comprises a visual representation of the website that is separate from the website.

14. One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by at least one processor, cause a system to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication of user input to a webpage causing selection of a selectable option to request to subscribe to receive a push notification from a website represented by the webpage;

authenticating with a notification service and obtaining, from the notification service, a channel token to enable a push notification from the website to a client device;

generating a channel link that includes the channel token and an identifier for the website;

mapping the channel link to a notification indicator for the website;

communicating the channel link to the website to enable the website to push a notification from the website to the notification indicator; and

receiving a notification from the website and causing the notification indicator to be updated based on the notification, the notification indicator comprising a tile that is separate from the webpage of the website.

15. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein the notification service is separate from the client device.

16. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein the channel token includes an embedded device identifier for the client device.

17. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein said generating comprises embedding a domain name for the website into the channel link.

18. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein said generating comprises embedding user credentials for a user account with the website into the channel link.

19. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein said generating comprises:

obtaining user identification data for a user of the client device;

encrypting the user identification data; and

placing the encrypted user identification data into the channel link.

20. One or more computer-readable storage media as recited in claim 14, wherein the tile comprises a visual representation of the website.