Notification Management Server Heartbeat Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current notification systems fail to deliver messages to user devices when they are not connected to a network, leading to missed alerts, increased bandwidth consumption, and poor user experience, as notifications are sent regardless of the device's availability.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a notification management system where user devices send heartbeat data to a notification management server, ensuring notifications are sent only when the device is connected, and allowing for preference settings on delivery channels, security, and priority.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If notifications are sent to user devices regardless of network availability, then notification delivery is attempted continuously, but notifications are lost when devices are offline and bandwidth is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having devices send heartbeat data before notification delivery is attempted. This allows the server to verify device availability in advance, ensuring notifications are only sent when devices are online, thus preventing both lost notifications and wasted bandwidth
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback through heartbeat data transmission, where devices continuously report their online status to the server. This feedback mechanism enables the server to make informed decisions about notification delivery, improving reliability while avoiding unnecessary bandwidth consumption by not sending to offline devices
2Loss of energy
If notifications are sent only when devices are connected, then bandwidth consumption is reduced, but notification delivery timing may be delayed
Solution Approach 1:
By continuously receiving heartbeat data before notification delivery is needed, the system performs preliminary verification of device availability. This eliminates delays because the server already knows when devices are online and can immediately send notifications at those optimal moments without waiting for retry logic
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses periodic heartbeat data transmission at configured intervals to monitor device availability. This periodic checking ensures the server has up-to-date information about device online status, enabling timely notification delivery while maintaining efficient bandwidth usage by checking only at regular intervals rather than continuously
3Productivity
If heartbeat data is collected continuously, then notification delivery timing is optimized, but server processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic action by collecting heartbeat data at configurable intervals rather than continuously. This reduces server processing load by limiting the frequency of status checks while still maintaining sufficient information to optimize notification delivery timing based on device availability patterns
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows parameter changes by enabling configurable heartbeat intervals and notification delivery preferences. Users can adjust the frequency of heartbeat data collection based on their needs, allowing the system to adapt processing load to match actual requirements for notification delivery optimization
Data Source
AI summary
A notification management server may receive merchant data indicative of notifications that are to be sent to user devices. The notification management server may access preference data that is indicative of distribution information for distributing the notifications. Based on the preference data the notification management server may send the notifications to a particular user device and omit sending the notification to other user devices. The particular user device upon receipt of the notifications may send confirmation data. The confirmation data may indicate a presentation receipt associated with the notifications. When the notification management server does not receive the confirmation data, the notification is stored. Upon receipt of heartbeat data, the notification management server may send the stored notifications to the particular user device.