Management of notifications in a mobile web application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10158724-B2
Application number	US-201314649870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2012
Publication date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Dec 18, 2018

Abstract

A method is provided for managing notifications between a user agent installed in a mobile terminal and a web server. The method includes the following acts, carried out by an intermediate piece of equipment: receiving a notification message from the mobile terminal in accordance with a first protocol designed for transmission over a signaling channel, the notification message including notification data from the user agent; generating a notification message in accordance with a second protocol designed for transmission over the Internet network, in which the notification data is inserted; and transmitting to the web server, of the notification message in accordance with the second protocol. Also provided are an intermediate piece of equipment implementing these acts, as well as a method for sending a notification message and a mobile terminal implementing such a sending method.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for managing notifications sent from a user agent installed in a mobile terminal to a web server, wherein the method comprises the following acts, performed by an intermediate equipment item:
reception, from the mobile terminal, of a message conforming to a first communication protocol comprising at least one parameter of access to a service provided by the web server;
generation of at least one compact access parameter from said at least one parameter of access;
storing, in an association table, the at least one parameter of access and the corresponding compact access parameter;
transmission, to the mobile terminal, of a message conforming to the first communication protocol comprising said generated compact access parameter,
reception, from the mobile terminal, of a notification message conforming to a second protocol of type Short Message Service, said notification message comprising notification data emanating from the user agent, the notification data comprising at least said generated compact access parameter transmitted to the terminal;
generation of a notification message conforming to the first communication protocol, in which the notification data are inserted, the notification data comprising the at least one parameter of access to an application installed in the web server;
said access parameter being recovered from said association table according to said at least one compact access parameter received from the terminal in a message conforming to the second protocol;
the size of the compact access parameter being less than the size of the parameter of access to the application; and

transmission, to the web server, of the notification message according to the first protocol.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a phase of discovery during which the mobile terminal recovers the address of the intermediate equipment item from a discovery portal, said address being used by the mobile terminal in the transmission of the notification message and/or of the message comprising the parameter of access to the application.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , in which the notification message conforming to the first protocol is an http request.

4. A method for sending notifications from a user agent installed in a mobile terminal to a web server, wherein the method comprises the following acts, performed by the mobile terminal:
transmission, to an intermediate equipment item, of a message conforming to a first communication protocol comprising at least one parameter of access to an application installed in the web server; and
reception, from the intermediate equipment item, of a message conforming to the first communication protocol comprising at least one compact access parameter, the compact parameter being associated in the intermediate equipment with said parameter of access to an application installed in the web server,
generation of a notification message conforming to a second protocol of type Short Message Service, into which are inserted notification data emanating from the user agent, the notification data comprising the at least one compact parameter;
said notification message enabling the intermediate equipment to recover the access parameter from the at least one compact access parameter inserted by the mobile terminal into the notification message according to the second protocol;
the size of the compact access parameter being less than the size of the parameter of access to the application; and

transmission of the notification message to the intermediate equipment item, which is configured to generate a notification message conforming to the first protocol, suited to transmission over the Internet network, into which the notification data are inserted with the parameter of access to the application, and for transmitting to the web server said notification message according to the first protocol.

5. An intermediate equipment item for managing the notifications sent from a user agent installed on a mobile terminal to a web server, wherein the intermediate equipment item comprises:
a transceiver which receives, from the mobile terminal, a message conforming to a first communication protocol comprising at least one parameter of access to a service provided by the web server;
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon; and
a processor configured by the instructions to:
generate at least one compact access parameter from said at least one parameter of access to the service supplied by the web server;
store, in an association table, the at least one parameter of access and the corresponding compact access parameter; and
said transceiver being further configured to receive, from the mobile terminal, a first notification message conforming to a second protocol of type Short Message Service, comprising notification data emanating from the user agent, the notification data comprising at least one compact parameter inserted by the terminal, the compact parameter being associated in the intermediate equipment with a parameter of access to an application installed in the web server, the size of the compact access parameter being less than the size of the parameter of access to the application;
the processor being further configured by the instructions to:
recover said access parameter from said association table according to said at least one compact access parameter;
generate a first notification message conforming to the first protocol suited to transmission in the Internet network, into which the notification data including said access parameter recovered are inserted, and to transmit the first notification message with the transceiver according to the first protocol to the web server.

6. The intermediate equipment item as claimed in claim 5 , in which:
the transceiver is configured to receive, from the web server, a second notification message conforming to the first protocol suited to transmission in the Internet network, comprising notification data emanating from the web server;
the processor is further configured by the instructions to generate a second notification message conforming to a second protocol of type Short Message Service, into which the notification data are inserted;
the transceiver is further configured to transmit the second notification message conforming to the second protocol to the mobile terminal.

7. The intermediate equipment item as claimed in claim 6 , in which the signaling channel used to receive the first notification message from the mobile terminal is different from the signaling channel used to transmit the second notification message to the mobile terminal.

8. A mobile terminal comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon and in which is installed a user agent exchanging data with a web server;
a transceiver configured to send to the intermediate equipment item at least one parameter of access to said web server and to receive, in return, at least one compact access parameter, the compact parameter being associated in the intermediate equipment with a parameter of access to an application installed in the web server, the parameter of access and the compact parameter being respectively sent and received according to a first communication protocol,
a processor configured by the instructions to generate a notification message conforming to a second protocol of type Short Message Service, the notification message comprising notification data emanating from the user agent, the notification data comprising said at least one compact parameter received by the transceiver;
said notification message enabling the intermediate equipment to recover the access

Assignees

• Orange

Inventors

• Fromentoux Gael
• Braud Arnaud
• Stephan Emile

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04W4/14 Primary

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/16 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/51 Primary

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title