Notification Gateway Credential Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current push notification systems require significant infrastructure for maintaining push message servers, managing application credentials, and registering identities, which can be complex and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A notification message gateway system utilizing a mobile device management (MDM) architecture to provide notification data to applications, devices, and users by receiving notification data and application identification, selecting appropriate application credentials, and routing the data through a distribution node such as an OS-based notification platform or management agent.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional push notification infrastructure is used (maintaining push message servers, managing application credentials, registering identities), then push notification capabilities can be provided, but the infrastructure complexity and maintenance burden increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a messaging gateway as an intermediary component that sits between the notification platform and applications. This gateway handles credential management, message routing, and protocol translation, thereby reducing the infrastructure complexity for applications while maintaining reliable push notification delivery. The gateway acts as a mediator that abstracts the complex infrastructure requirements from individual applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The messaging gateway is designed to handle multiple functions including credential management, message routing, protocol translation, and notification delivery. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single universal component, the system reduces overall infrastructure complexity while maintaining comprehensive push notification capabilities across different platforms and applications.
2Ease of operation
If applications directly manage their own push notification credentials and servers, then they have full control over the notification process, but the maintenance burden and operational overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The messaging gateway enables applications to receive push notifications through a simplified interface where they only need to provide basic identification information. The gateway automatically handles credential retrieval, message formatting, and delivery to the appropriate devices. This self-service approach significantly reduces the time and effort required for infrastructure maintenance while keeping notification management simple for applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway serves as an intermediary that handles all the complex credential management and server communication tasks on behalf of applications. Applications interact with the gateway through simple APIs without needing to directly manage credentials or understand the underlying infrastructure, thereby improving ease of operation and reducing maintenance time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a centralized messaging gateway is introduced to simplify infrastructure, then the complexity for individual applications is reduced, but the gateway itself becomes a critical component requiring maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The messaging gateway is designed as a universal platform that can serve multiple applications and support various notification protocols simultaneously. By consolidating these functions into a single adaptable infrastructure, the overall system complexity is reduced compared to having separate infrastructure for each application, while maintaining high versatility in supporting different notification requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway combines multiple infrastructure functions (credential management, message routing, protocol translation, notification delivery) into a single unified system. This merging of functions reduces the total infrastructure complexity that would otherwise be distributed across multiple separate systems, while providing centralized adaptability for different notification requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A notification message gateway is disclosed. Notification data and application identification data is received. The application identification data is used to select an application credential associated with at least one application instance. The notification data and application credential are provided to a distribution node such that the notification data is provided to the application instance.