Patent ID: 7756539
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for notifying a user of an event, comprising: receiving an identifier of a push-to-talk (PTT) carrier and information for addressing a user's PTT enabled device via the PTT carrier, the identifier and information received by an online service that generates event data for users having accounts with the online service; receiving, by the online service, a request from the user to forward event data to the user via the PTT carrier if the user is not available online, the request describing what portion of the event data is to be forwarded to the user via the PTT carrier, the portion being less than the entire event data; receiving event data to be provided to the user from the online service, the event data is received at an event data processor; determining whether the user is online to receive the event data via the online service; delivering the entire event data to the user online via the online service if the user is online; if the user is not online, performing the substeps of: