Push notifications from multiple tenant servers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10225359-B2
Application number	US-201615272777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2016
Priority date	Sep 22, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

An indication is sent to a host server device. The indication includes a request for a push notification service identification (PNSID). The PNSID is used to establish a secure registration between one or more applications on the computing device of a user and the host server device. The PNSID is received from the host server device. An input is received from the user. The input includes one or more application server devices that may send push notifications to the computing device. A unique key is generated for each application server device. The PNSID and a different unique key are sent to each application server device. Each different unique key is associated with a different application server device. A registration is received from each application server device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for receiving secure push notifications from multiple tenant servers, the method comprising:
sending, by one or more computer processors, an indication, to a host server device, wherein the indication includes a request for a push notification service identification (PNSID), wherein the PNSID is used to establish a secure registration between one or more applications on a computing device of a user and the host server device;
receiving, by one or more computer processor, the requested PNSID from the host server device;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, an input from the user, wherein the input includes one or more application server devices that may send one or more push notifications to the computing device of the user;
generating, by one or more computer processors, a unique key for each application server device of the one or more application server devices;
sending, by one or more computer processors, the PNSID and a first unique key of the one or more generated unique keys to a first application server device of the one or more application server devices, wherein the first unique key is associated with the first application server device;
receiving, by one or more computer processors, a push notification that includes a push notification key from the first application server device;
determining, by one or more computer processors, whether the push notification key matches the first unique key sent to the first application server device; and
responsive to determining that the push notification key, received from the first application server device, does not match the first unique key sent to the first application server device, rejecting, by one or more computer processors, the received push notification.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, by one or more computer processors, the received PNSID to an information repository; and
storing, by one or more computer processors, the generated unique key for each application server device of the one or more application server devices to the information repository.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to determining that the push notification key does match the first unique key sent to the first application server device, accepting, by one or more computer processors, the received push notification.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of whether the push notification key received from the first application server device and the first unique key sent to the first application server device match is determined by comparing the push notification key to the first unique key sent to the first application server device.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
responsive to accepting the received push notification, displaying, by one or more computer processors, the accepted push notification, wherein the accepted push notification is displayed on the computing device of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by one or more computer processors, an alert to the user that the received push notification was rejected.

7. A computer program product for receiving secure push notifications from multiple tenant servers, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to send an indication, to a host server device, wherein the indication includes a request for a push notification service identification (PNSID), wherein the PNSID is used to establish a secure registration between one or more applications on a computing device of a user and the host server device;
program instructions to receive the requested PNSID from the host server device;
program instructions to receive an input from the user, wherein the input includes one or more application server devices that may send one or more push notifications to the computing device of the user;
program instructions to generate a unique key for each application server device of the one or more application server devices;
program instructions to send the PNSID and a first unique key of the one or more generated unique keys to a first application server device of the one or more application server devices, wherein the first unique key is associated with the first application server device;
program instructions to receive a push notification that includes a push notification key from the first application server device;
program instructions to determine whether the push notification key matches the first unique key sent to the first application server device; and
program instructions to, responsive to determining that the push notification key, received from the first application server device, does not match the first unique key sent to the first application server device, reject the received push notification.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
store the received PNSID to an information repository; and
store the generated unique key for each application server device of the one or more application server devices to the information repository.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
responsive to determining that the push notification key does match the first unique key sent to the first application server device, accept the received push notification.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the determination of whether the push notification key received from the first application server device and the first unique key sent to the first application server device match is determined by comparing the push notification key to the first unique key sent to the first application server device.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
responsive to accepting the received push notification, display the accepted push notification, wherein the accepted push notification is displayed on the computing device of the user.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 , further comprising program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, to:
send an alert to the user that the received push notification was rejected.

13. A computer system for receiving secure push notifications from multiple tenant servers, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to send an indication, to a host server device, wherein the indication includes a request for a push notification service identification (PNSID), wherein the PNSID is used to establish a secure registration between one or more applications on a computing device of a user and the host server device;
program instructions to receive the requested PNSID from the host server device;
program instructions to receive an input from the user, wherein the input includes one or more application server devices that may send one or more push notifications to the computing device of the user;
program instructions to generate a unique key for each application server device of t

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Moore David P
• Pearson Craig A
• Weeden Shane B

Classifications

• H04L51/24

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/26 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/55

  Push-based network services · CPC title

• H04L51/224 Primary

  providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages · CPC title