Patent ID: 8682970

Claim:
In a computer communications network including a plurality of communication channels through which notifications from a plurality of service providers and Internet sources are configured to be transmitted to a plurality of network users, a method of using an operator server to manage the notifications, the method comprising: receiving at the operator server information of all identified communication channels by which a particular user of the plurality of network users expects to receive the notifications from the plurality of service providers and Internet sources; receiving at the operator server one or more predefined characteristics relating to a communication type and an identity of a source of notifications that determine notification transmission behavior for the particular user; and controlling provision of the notifications from the plurality of service providers and Internet sources to the particular user by: at the operator server, registering with the plurality of service providers and Internet sources in order to receive and aggregate the notifications from the plurality of service providers and Internet sources at the operator server, each of the notifications being intended for transmission to the particular user and the notifications being transmitted via the identified communication channels; the operator server filtering the notifications by determining whether to transmit each of the notifications to the particular user, based upon whether or not each of the notifications satisfies the one or more predefined characteristics relating to the communication type and the identity of the source of each of the notifications; and transmitting the notifications determined for transmission to the particular user when the notifications satisfy the predefined characteristics.