Patent ID: 7031437
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing message events associated with a plurality of message feeds provided to a user in a first communication network, the method comprising the steps of: collecting, in the first communication network, information regarding at least two message events associated with the message feeds; determining, based upon a predefined filter, whether to provide an alert associated with each message event; updating a list of messages for the user based on the collected, filtered information; preparing an alert based on the updated list of messages; pushing the alert, via a second communication network which is a shared network, to a wireless device associated with the user using a Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) push protocol without knowledge of topology of the second communication network, the alert including an indication of the most recent message event of the plurality of message events; and archiving information associated with the updated list of messages, whereby the alert is transmitted to the wireless device in the absence of a corresponding request from the wireless device, and whereby predetermined types of messages can be withheld in relative security in the first communication network.