The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bryan Jay Klimt, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kevin David Lacker, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Brian Jacokes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Alan Bouldin, San Francisco, CA (US);
David Eitan Poll, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ilya Sukhar, San Francisco, CA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to generate mass push notifications are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a submission component, a query component, a delivery component, and a record update component. The submission component may be operative to receive a message bundle, the message bundle comprising a message and a query. The query component may be operative to compare the query to a plurality of recipient records to determine a plurality of recipient records matching the query, each of the plurality of recipient records corresponding to a particular installation of a particular application onto a particular device. The delivery component may be operative to broadcast the message to a plurality of installed applications corresponding to the plurality of recipients records matching the query. Other embodiments are described and claimed.