Schemas for a notification platform and related information services
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
- a notification regularized according to a notification schema, the notification including;
a first set of data comprising notification identification information;
a second set of data comprising notification content; and
a third set of data comprising requirements for sending the notification to a client, the requirements including indications stored on a central server of last known good states of devices associated with the client;
and wherein a notification service receives the notification and analyzes the third set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client via at least one of the devices;
the storage medium further comprising instructions for causing at least one processor to receive the notification and analyze the third set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, determine based on the third set of data whether the notification can presently meet the conditions, and if the notification can presently meet the conditions, send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, and if the notification cannot meet the conditions but can meet the conditions later, maintain the notification until the conditions are met and then send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices.
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Abstract
Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that subscribe to those services. An information agent service collects the information, and based on various criteria, determines if, when, and how to send and render the information, and to which subscribing client device or devices. The set of schemas include a notification schema that represents the subscription of a service to an information source and details about that information, and a device schema that represents information about user devices. The information agent service accesses criteria including user preferences and user contextual information, including presence information, location information, and schedule information along with people and groups data and extended-context data.
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1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
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a notification regularized according to a notification schema, the notification including; a first set of data comprising notification identification information; a second set of data comprising notification content; and a third set of data comprising requirements for sending the notification to a client, the requirements including indications stored on a central server of last known good states of devices associated with the client; and wherein a notification service receives the notification and analyzes the third set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client via at least one of the devices; the storage medium further comprising instructions for causing at least one processor to receive the notification and analyze the third set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, determine based on the third set of data whether the notification can presently meet the conditions, and if the notification can presently meet the conditions, send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, and if the notification cannot meet the conditions but can meet the conditions later, maintain the notification until the conditions are met and then send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure, comprising:
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a notification regularized according to a notification schema, the notification including; a first set of data comprising notification content; a second set of data comprising requirements for sending the notification to a client, the requirements including indications stored in a central server of last known good states of devices associated with the client; and a third set of data comprising notification volatility information; the storage medium further comprising instructions for causing at least one processor to receive the notification and analyze the second set of data against client-related criteria to determine conditions for sending the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, determine based on the second set of data whether the notification can presently meet the conditions, and if the notification can presently meet the conditions, send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices, and if the notification cannot meet the conditions but can meet the conditions later, maintain the notification until the conditions are met and then send the notification to the client via at least one of the devices or maintain the notification until the notification volatility information expires the notification. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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