Patent ID: 8914435

Claim:
A notification method that uses a processor of a notification server connected to a plurality of service providers via an internet connection, each of the service providers being a separate server from the notification server and operating within a different local network, the notification server including a subscriber database having information associated with a plurality of subscriber terminals, the method comprising: maintaining, by the notification server, a service provider database, the service provider database containing information on the plurality of service providers including a first service provider and a second service provider; receiving, at the notification server, a first pushed event from the first service provider without the first service provider being polled for same, the first pushed event associated with a first service subscribed to by a first subscriber terminal, the first service provider configured to provide the first pushed event to the first subscriber terminal indirectly via the notification server; receiving, at the notification server, a second pushed event from the second service provider without the second service provider being polled for same, the second pushed event associated with a second service subscribed to by the first subscriber terminal, the second service provider configured to provide the second pushed event to the first subscriber terminal indirectly via the notification server; integrating, by the notification server, the first pushed event and the second pushed event to generate an event message; and transmitting the event message from the notification server to the first subscriber terminal such that the notification server acts as a relay between the plurality, of service providers and the first subscriber terminal.