Forwarding notification information

• US 11,483,271 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2019
• Issued: 10/25/2022
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Weinberg, Shira, Schlesinger, Benny
• Primary Examiner(s): Swearingen, Jeffrey R
• Application Number:
  US16/450,820
• Publication Number:
  US 20190312832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709217, 715752
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A computer-implemented technique is described herein by which a first user can forward notification information to one or more other users, including a second user. The first user can interact with the notification information via a first computing device, while the second user can interact with the notification information using a second computing device. In some implementations, both the first computing device and the second computing device have access to an application which has generated the notification information or to which the notification information otherwise pertains. In other implementations, the second computing device may lack access to the application. In some implementations, the first user receives the notification information and then explicitly and manually controls the forwarding of the notification information (or a version of the notification information) to the second user. In other implementations, decision logic automatically controls the forwarding of the notification information to the second user.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by a hardware processor device, cause the hardware processor device to:

receive a notification forwarded from a first user device having an application program installed thereon to a second user device, the notification pertaining to the application program that is not installed on the second user device;

in response to an interaction with the notification, present an invitation to install the application program on the second user device;

receive an input to install the application program on the second user device; and

in response to the input, install the application program on the second user device.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

determine whether the notification is permitted to be presented on the second user device.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

determine whether a user of the second user device has previously received the content of the notification before the notification is presented on the second user device.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

present an indicator with the notification, the indicator conveying whether the application program to which the notification pertains is installed on the second user device.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the interaction includes a request from a user of the second user device.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

present a message that the application program is not installed on the second user device.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

in response to the input, download the application program from an application source onto the second user device.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor device; and

storage resource storing computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by the hardware processor device, cause the hardware processor device to;

cause an original notification pertaining to an application program to be presented on a first device associated with a first person, the first device having the application program;

receive a forwarding instruction from the first person to forward the original notification to a second person;

in response to the forwarding instruction, cause a forward notification to be presented on a second device associated with the second person, the second device not having the application program, the forward notification including information that is included in the original notification;

receive a request from the second person to interact with the forward notification; and

in response to the request, cause an invitation to install the application program to be presented on the second device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

receive the original notification from the application program.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

determine whether the first person is authorized to forward the original notification to the second person.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the hardware processor device to:

determine that the second person is interacting with the second device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the original notification includes more information than the forward notification.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the forward notification includes more information than the original notification.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the forward notification includes an indicator that conveys that the forward notification is a forwarded instance of the original notification.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the system is remote from the first device and the second device.

16. The system of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving an input from the second person to install the application program on the second device, wherein the input from the second person to install the application program is received via the presented invitation to install the application program.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving a forwarding instruction from a first device associated with a first person to forward an original notification pertaining to an application program to a second person;

in response to the forwarding instruction, causing a forward notification to be presented on a second device on which the application program is not installed, the second device being associated with the second person;

receiving a request from the second person to interact with the forward notification;

in response to the request, causing an invitation to install the application program to be presented on the second device;

receiving an input from the second person to install the application program on the second device; and

in response to the input, obtaining the application program to be installed on the second device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether the first person is authorized to forward the original notification to the second person.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining whether the second person is permitted to be presented with the forward notification.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the input from the second person to install the application program is received via the presented invitation to install the application program.