Patent ID: 8196163
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling delivery of event information to users, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a gateway, from a user device, a device identity, an activity state and a corresponding user identity; storing in the gateway a binding comprising the device identity, the activity state and the corresponding user identity; detecting at the gateway an event related to the user identity; and if the activity state indicates active, sending from the gateway, towards the user device, information about the event along with the corresponding user identity; wherein: the gateway stores two or more bindings for the user device, each of the two or more bindings comprising the device identity, a distinct activity state and a distinct user activity; a first one of the two or more bindings comprises an active indication; a second one of the two or more bindings comprises an inactive indication; the event is related to one of the distinct user identities comprised in one of the first and second bindings; and the gateway determines whether to send, towards the user device, information about the event based on the one of the distinct user identities related to the event.