Patent ID: 8589496
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of withholding notifications with client data of at least one observed client, as executed by a user equipment of a watching client, wherein the watching client has an ongoing subscription for receiving said notifications from a client data server, comprising the following steps: receiving by the user equipment, a subscription suspend trigger, either as a manual user input command or automatically when the user is occupied in a session or call or when the user has been inactive for a preset duration; sending a subscription suspend message from the user equipment to the client data server during the ongoing subscription in response to the subscription suspend trigger, the subscription suspend message indicating that client data notifications should be temporarily withheld while retaining said subscription; subsequently receiving by the user equipment, a subscription resume trigger, either as a manual user input command or automatically when the session or call is finished or when the user becomes active again after a period of inactivity; sending a subscription resume message from the user equipment to the client data server in response to the subscription resume trigger, the subscription resume message indicating that the suspended subscription shall be resumed and allowing client data notifications to be delivered again; and subsequently receiving by the user equipment, client data notifications according to said subscription.