Patent ID: 8751602

Claim:
A method of providing notifications to a mobile station user, the method comprising: receiving a user registration for a notification application and storing the corresponding user registration information in a notification database, the user registration information comprising a quick response (QR) code scan entry identified by the mobile station and associated with at least one business entity; receiving at least one business entity designation from the mobile station identifying the at least one business entity from which the user desires to receive notifications, responsive to the QR code scan entry; linking the user registration information and the at least one business entity designation in the notification database to provide a link between notifications scheduled by the at least one business entity, and at least one notification to be sent to the mobile station; identifying a send window parameter comprising a window begin parameter and a window end parameter which together define a predetermined send window in the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station; scheduling the at least one notification to be transmitted to the mobile station based on the predetermined send window; and transmitting the at least one notification to the mobile station during the predetermined send window responsive to the at least one business entity designation.