Method and system for centralized user notification and application execution control

1. A method for use in a mobile communication device providing application-defined notifications to a user upon receipt of an event in the mobile communication device, comprising:

maintaining, in a system container of an application runtime environment of the mobile communication device, a mapping of applications for said user, said mapping comprising, for each application, at least one event identification and one or more corresponding event notifications;

receiving an event in a communication module of the system container;

extracting, from the received event, code identifying the event and an identification of an application associated with the event;

based on said mapping of applications maintained in the system container and the code identifying the event and the identification of an application associated with the event, retrieving a corresponding event notification; and

dispatching from the system container said corresponding event notification, said event notification being dispatchable even when a corresponding application is not running for said corresponding event notification.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving from said user an action in response to said notification; and

requesting that said application performs an operation corresponding to said action.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said mobile communication device comprises a wireless handheld device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said maintaining in the system container of the application runtime environment of the mobile communication device the mapping of applications comprises:

for each application, registering one or more event identifications and corresponding event notifications at a time of installing said application.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said corresponding event notification comprises at least one of emitting a sound, vibrating, display of a dialog with text and appearance of an icon on a main screen of said mobile communication device.

6. A system for providing application-defined event notifications to a user upon receipt of an event at a device, said system including a system container of an application runtime environment resident in a memory of the device for execution by a processor of the device, the system comprising:

a communication module for receiving said event and extracting, from the received event, code identifying the event and an identification of an application associated with the event;

a storage module for storing a mapping of applications, said mapping comprising, for each application, at least one event identification and one or more corresponding event notifications; and

a control module for retrieving, based on said mapping of applications and the code identifying the event and the identification of the application associated with the event, a corresponding event notification, and dispatching from the system container said corresponding event notification, said event notification being dispatchable by said control module even when a corresponding application is not running for said corresponding event notification.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored machine readable code for executing a method for use in a mobile communication device providing application-defined notifications to a user upon receipt of an event, the mobile communication device having a processor connected to the computer-readable medium, said method comprising:

maintaining, in a system container of an application runtime environment of the mobile communication device, a mapping of applications for said user, said mapping comprising, for each application, at least one event identification and one or more corresponding event notifications;

receiving an event in a communication module of the system container;

extracting, from the received event, code identifying the event and an identification of an application associated with the event;

based on said mapping of applications maintained in the system container and the code identifying the event and the identification of an application associated with the event, retrieving a corresponding event notification; and

dispatching from the system container said corresponding event notification, said event notification being dispatchable even when a corresponding application is not running for said corresponding event notification.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving from said user an action in response to said notification; and

requesting that said application performs an operation corresponding to said action.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said mobile communication device comprises a wireless handheld device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said maintaining in the system container of the application runtime environment of the mobile communication device the mapping of applications comprises:

for each application, registering one or more event identifications and corresponding event notifications at a time of installing said application.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said corresponding event notification comprises at least one of emitting a sound, vibrating, display of a dialog with text and appearance of an icon on a main screen of said mobile communication device.

12. The system of claim 6 , wherein said device comprises a wireless handheld device.

13. The system of claim 12 , the wireless handheld device comprising the function of at least one of: emitting a sound, vibrating, displaying a dialog with text, and displaying an icon on a main screen of a mobile communication device.