Patent ID: 9438609
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. At a computer system including at least one processor, a computer-implemented method for registering a device to receive notifications, the method comprising: receiving a notification registration request from a computing device; generating a registration secret which includes identification information that uniquely identifies the computing device; sending the generated registration secret including the identification information that uniquely identifies the computing device to a notification service to be forwarded to the computing device; receiving a first hash value from the computing device, the first hash value being generated by the computing device and being generated based on the identification information of the generated registration secret; computing a second hash value based on the identification information of the received registration secret; comparing the first and second hash values and determining whether the second hash value matches the first hash value; and when it has been determined that the second hash value matches the first hash value, registering the computing device to receive notifications from the notification service.