System and method for servers to send alerts to connectionless devices
First Claim
1. A method of sending a message to a client device, comprising:
- retrieving, at a message router, identification information associated with a client device from client information, wherein said identification information includes a device address of said client device;
determining a communication type of said client device based on a size and content of said identification information;
selecting at least one protocol gateway based on said communication type; and
forwarding said message to said selected at least one protocol gateway based on said communication type;
wherein said message is formatted by said selected at least one protocol gateway for transmission to said client device.
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Abstract
A method of sending alerts from servers to client devices is provided. The alert can be generated with a server application and may include customer information. The alert may then be sent to a message router. The message router receives a station ID of the client device based on the customer information. A communication type of the client device can be determined based on the station ID and one or more of a plurality of protocol gateways can be selected based on the communication type. The alert can be forwarded to the selected one or more of the plurality of protocol gateways where it may be formatted for the selected client device. The formatted alert may then be forwarded via the network to the selected client device.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of sending a message to a client device, comprising:
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retrieving, at a message router, identification information associated with a client device from client information, wherein said identification information includes a device address of said client device; determining a communication type of said client device based on a size and content of said identification information; selecting at least one protocol gateway based on said communication type; and forwarding said message to said selected at least one protocol gateway based on said communication type; wherein said message is formatted by said selected at least one protocol gateway for transmission to said client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of sending a message to a client device, comprising:
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retrieving, at a message router, identification information from at least one of customer information and device information, wherein said identification information includes a device address of said client device; determining, at said message router, a communication type associated with said at least one of customer information and device information based on a size and content of said identification information; and forwarding said message to at least one protocol gateway associated with said determined communication type; wherein said message is transmitted with said at least one protocol gateway over a network to said client device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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