Patent ID: 9560001
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a network message that is generated using an online account interface, the online account interface associated with a first online account, the network message designated for a second online account, the first and second online accounts associated with a first client service; generating first notification data and second notification data based on the indication of the network message; sending the first notification data to the first client service and the second notification data to a second client service, wherein the first client service and the second client service are hosted by one or more client devices of a user, and wherein the first notification data and the second notification data notify the user of the network message; receiving a read notification message indicating that the first notification data to the first client service has been interacted with by the user, wherein the read notification message comprises a first identifier to identify the first notification data that has been interacted with by the user; updating, by a processing device, a first read status associated with the first notification data and a second read status associated with the second notification data in response to receiving the read notification message, such that the first read status and the second read status have a read status indicator reflecting that the first notification data has been interacted with by the user; and sending a modify instruction message to the second client service upon updating the first read status and the second read status, wherein the modify instruction comprises a second identifier to identify the second notification data that has not been interacted with by the user and the read status indicator reflecting that the first notification data has been interacted with by the user.