Device for the adaptive processing of application notifications intended for communication terminals connected to a transmission infrastructure
A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of application notifications that must be transmitted to users' communication terminals (TC) via at least one transmission infrastructure (RC). This device (D) comprises processing means (MT) configured, whenever an application notification intended for at least one user is received, to analyze that application notification so as to determine adaptation information which defines i) how and at what time that application notification's content must be transmitted to a chosen terminal (TC) of that recipient user, ii) what portion of the content must be used by that chosen terminal (TC), and iii) how that portion must be used by the chosen terminal (TC), depending on the chosen rule(s) and/or policy(-ies) and taking into account user and/or contextual information and/or the application notification's parameter(s) and/or characteristic(s) of the chosen terminal, and furthermore, to adapt the application notification to be transmitted based on the determined adaptation information.
1. A device for processing application notifications to be transmitted to users' communication terminals via at least one transmission infrastructure, the device comprising:
a hardware processor configured, whenever a given application notification intended for at least one user is received, to evaluate the criticality and the priority of the given application notification with respect to the recipient so as to:
determine adaptation information which defines i) how and at what time the given application notification's content must be transmitted to a chosen terminal of at least one recipient user, ii) what portion of the content must be used by the chosen terminal, iii) how the portion must be used by the chosen terminal, and iv) what the behavior of the chosen terminal will be when displaying the information, based on at least one chosen rule or policy and taking into account user information, contextual information relating to the chosen terminal, the semantic of the given application notification's content and characteristic of the chosen terminal, and
adapt the given application notification to be transmitted based on the determined adaptation information.
2. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, whenever a group application notification intended for a group of users is received, evaluate the criticality and priority of the group application notification with respect to the recipients so as to:
determine adaptation information which defines i) how and at what time the group application notification's content must be transmitted to terminals of the recipient users of the group, ii) what portion of the content must be used by the users' terminals, iii) how the portion must be used by the users' terminals, depending on chosen rule or policy, and iv) what the behavior of the chosen terminal will be when displaying the information, and taking into account user information, a semantic of the group application notification's content, characteristic of the users' terminals and a role played by each user within the group, and
adapt the group application notification to be transmitted based on the determined adaptation information.
3. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, whenever the group application notification intended for the group of users is received, a piece of adaptation information defining a mode or strategy for transmitting a group application notification which is chosen from a group consisting of one simultaneous transmission and one full or restricted sequential transmission.
4. A device according to claim 3 , wherein the full or restricted sequential transmission is based on a role of at least one user in the group and on an acknowledgement of the adapted application notification by one of the group's members.
5. A device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to determine, whenever the group application notification intended for the group of users is received, a piece of adaptation information defining the requirements of the successful delivery of the group application notification.
6. A device according to claim 2 , comprising a controller configured to i) apply adaptation decisions made by the processor, and ii) deliver the group application notifications adapted by the processor according to the determined transmission mode or strategy.
7. A device according to claim 1 , wherein each piece of user information is chosen from a group consisting of a recipient user's profile, a profile of a user or an application who originated the application notification, and at least one limitation on use of content related to the recipient user.
8. A device according to claim 1 , wherein each piece of contextual information relates to the recipient user's chosen terminal and is chosen from a group consisting of a piece of information relating to a piece of multimedia content currently being played by a terminal of the recipient user.
9. A device according to claim 1 , wherein each terminal characteristic is chosen from a group consisting of a supported content format, a supported storage and memory capacity, input and output capabilities, and display screen dimensions.
10. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to choose a terminal of the at least one recipient user which is best-suited to the portion of content to be used.
11. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to choose a moment which is best suited for the transmission of the application notification from among immediate transmission, transmission delayed until an end of a playing of a piece of multimedia content by a terminal of the recipient user, and transmission delayed until a chosen moment during the playing of a piece of multimedia content by a terminal of the recipient user.
12. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, whenever an application notification is received in which at least one parameter defining a term of use of at least one portion of content of the application notification is missing, i) determine each missing definition parameter depending on other parameters and chosen rule or policy and taking into account user information relating to the chosen terminal, the application notification's parameter and characteristic of the chosen terminal, and ii) adapt the application notification to be transmitted by adding each determined definition parameter to the application notification.
13. A device according to claim 12 , wherein each term of use for a content portion is selected according to the criticality and priority of the content and covers (i) the adaptation of the content portion itself and (ii) the adaptation of the terminal behavior.
14. A device according to claim 13 , wherein (i) the adaptation of the content portion is chosen among (but without being limited to) the translation from a first language into a second language or the rendering of the displayed message, and (ii) the adaptation of the terminal behavior is chosen among (but without being limited to) issuing an audible alert or triggering the terminal time-shift capacity to display the notification while interrupting the playing of a piece of multimedia content.
15. A device according to claim 1 , comprising a controller configured to i) apply adaptation decisions made by the processor, ii) deliver application notifications adapted by the processor to the terminals, and iii) ensure that the recipient terminals have used the contents of the adapted application notifications in accordance with the terms of use defined by parameters of the adapted application notifications.
16. A device according to claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to manage at least one interactive operation triggered within a chosen terminal subsequent to the use of a portion of an adapted application notification's content.
17. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one chosen rule or policy defines at least one application notification adaptation to make.
18. A device according to claim 1 , wherein the criticality and priority of the given application notification is computed by taking into account the semantic of the notification, the profile of the sender and the profile of the receiver.