Patent ID: 8396463

Claim:
A method for managing a plurality of notification service connections, comprising: scheduling a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of the plurality of notification service connections; for each notification service connection message transmission interval, associating a notification service connection message transmission window with the notification service connection message transmission interval; setting and monitoring a notification service connection message transmission timer for each of the plurality of notification service connections; upon each notification service connection message transmission timer expiring, performing the following, transmitting a notification service connection message for each notification service connection whose notification service connection message transmission window overlaps the expiration of the notification service connection message transmission timer, and resetting the notification service connection message transmission timers associated with those notification service connections; receiving a notification message from a notification service on one of the plurality of notification service connections, wherein the notification message is for an application installed on the mobile device; and displaying an icon badge according to the notification message on a display of the mobile device for the application.