Patent ID: 9565153
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a server over a network, a first action input from a user identifying a first action to occur related to a media event; receiving, by the server over the network, a pause message input from the user indicating that delivery of a message of a notification should be paused to one of a plurality of user devices and one of a plurality of user accounts; receiving, by the server over the network, a first device input from the user identifying a first user device of the plurality of user devices to which to pause delivery of the message; receiving, by the server over the network, a second device input from the user identifying a second client device of the plurality of user devices to which to receive the message; receiving, by the server over the network, a first account input from the user identifying a first user account of the plurality of user accounts to which to pause delivery of the message; receiving, by the server over the network, a second account input from the user identifying a second user account of the plurality of user accounts to which to receive the message; receiving, by the server over the network, the notification associated with the media event; determining, by a processing device of the server, that the notification associated with the media event is to be delivered over the network to the first user account and the first user device; receiving, by the processing device of the server over the network, indication that the first action related to the media event has occurred; pausing, by the processing device without intervention by the user, a delivery of the message of the notification to the first user account and the first user device when the first action related to the media event has occurred; delivering, by the processing device of the server over the network, the notification without the message to the first user account and the first user device; delivering, by the processing device of the server over the network, a transmitting identity for the notification to the first user account and the first user device; and delivering, by the processing device of the server over the network, the notification with the message to the second user account and the second user device.