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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
John Shapiro, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Shapiro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for collecting and distributing a plurality of notifications are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of notifications for a client from a plurality of publishers, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications comprises a client identifier and a notification type identifier. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, authenticating the publisher of the notification upon receiving the notification. The method further includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, determining whether the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification identified by the notification type identifier from the publisher of the notification. The method also includes, for each notification of the plurality of notifications, outputting the notification to the client when the publisher of the notification is authentic and the client is subscribed to receive the type of notification from the publisher.