Method and apparatus of configuring a data broadcast service
View Patent ↗Disclosed are an apparatus and method of broadcasting a message to one or more servers operating in one or more domains. One example method of operation may include creating a message to be broadcasted via user input provided by a user of a computer interface. The method may also include serializing the message to a predetermined format and transmitting the message to an application programming interface (API). The method may also provide scheduling a broadcast of the message based on the user input, and transmitting the message to the at least one server responsive to the scheduled broadcast.
1. A method of broadcasting a message to at least one server, the method comprising:
creating a message to be broadcasted via user input;
serializing the message to a predetermined format;
transmitting the message to an application programming interface (API) of a notification engine;
scheduling a broadcast of the message via the notification engine to the at least one server based on the user input; and
transmitting the message as a broadcast message to the at least one server via the notification engine responsive to the scheduled broadcast, wherein the broadcast message comprises content of the message and is configured as a request message format.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is a calendar message comprising at least one date to be broadcast and at least time to be broadcast.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the serialized message is a JavaScript object notation message (JSON) comprising a subject portion that includes at least one date and time, and at least one body portion that includes other message information.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) response to confirm the at least one server's subscription to the broadcast, the HTTP response being received responsive to the broadcast message.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message further comprises a target uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the at least one server.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is broadcast to a plurality of domains via a HTTP POST message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is broadcast to a REST endpoint device.
8. An apparatus configured to broadcast a message to at least one server, the apparatus comprising:
a user interface configured to receive user input to create a message to be broadcasted;
a processor configured to serialize the message to a predetermined format;
a transmitter configured to transmit the message to an application programming interface (API) of a notification engine; and
wherein the processor is further configured to schedule a broadcast of the message via the notification engine to the at least one server based on the user input, and the transmitter is further configured to transmit the message as a broadcast message to the at least one server via the notification engine responsive to the scheduled broadcast, wherein the broadcast message comprises content of the message and is configured as a request message format.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message is a calendar message comprising at least one date to be broadcast and at least time to be broadcast.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the serialized message is a JavaScript object notation message (JSON) comprising a subject portion that includes at least one date and time, and at least one body portion that includes other message information.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) response to confirm the at least one server's subscription to the broadcast, the HTTP response being received responsive to the broadcast message.
12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message further comprises a target uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the at least one server.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message is broadcast to a plurality of domains via a HTTP POST message.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the message is broadcast to a REST endpoint device.
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform broadcasting a message to at least one server, the processor being further configured to perform:
creating a message to be broadcasted via user input;
serializing the message to a predetermined format;
transmitting the message to an application programming interface (API) of a notification engine;
scheduling a broadcast of the message via the notification engine to the at least one server based on the user input; and
transmitting the message as a broadcast message to the at least one server via the notification engine responsive to the scheduled broadcast, wherein the broadcast message comprises content of the message and is configured as a request message format.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the message is a calendar message comprising at least one date to be broadcast and at least time to be broadcast.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the serialized message is a JavaScript object notation message (JSON) comprising a subject portion that includes at least one date and time, and at least one body portion that includes other message information.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:
receiving a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) response to confirm the at least one server's subscription to the broadcast, the HTTP response being received responsive to the broadcast message.
19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the message further comprises a target uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the at least one server.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the message is broadcast to a plurality of domains via a HTTP POST message.