Patent ID: 7092497
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in a server, the method comprising: detecting a notification event for at least one notification recipient having a corresponding preference for at least one notification device type; generating, for each notification device type, a notification delivery message that includes (1) a message information part having selected notification information based on the notification device type, and (2) at least one subscriber information part that specifies attributes for notifying the corresponding at least one notification recipient based on the corresponding notification device type; and outputting according to an open network protocol, for each notification device type, the corresponding notification delivery message to a corresponding selected one of a plurality of notification delivery processes for delivery of the selected notification information according to a corresponding device protocol of the notification device type, each notification delivery message being output to the corresponding selected notification delivery process according to the open network protocol and independent of the corresponding device protocol.