System, Server, and Mobile Device for Content Provider Website Interaction and Method Therefore
An aggregate service server, configured to communicate with a user device and a plurality of different content providers. A processor configured to obtain content from the plurality of different content providers and further configured to push the obtained content to the user device.
1 . An aggregate service server, configured to communicate with a user device and a plurality of different content providers, comprising:
a processor configured to obtain content from the plurality of different content providers and further configured to push the obtained content to the user device.
2 . The aggregate service server of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a status update from the user device and to transmit the status update to a corresponding one of the plurality of content providers.
3 . The aggregate service server of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of plug-ins, each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of content providers and configured to transmit and receive communications from the corresponding content provider.
4 . The aggregate service server of claim 3 , further comprising:
a memory,
wherein the processor is further configured to receive an update from one of the plug-ins, to assign a priority to the update and to store the update and the assigned priority in the memory.
5 . The aggregate service server of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to schedule a push to the user device based upon the assigned priority to the received update.
6 . The aggregate service server of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a request for data from the user device and is further configured to push any updates stored in the memory to the user device.
7 . The aggregate service server of claim 6 , wherein the request for data is a single request for updates from all of the content providers.
8 . The aggregate service server of claim 4 , wherein each plug-in is configured to reformat the received update into a format compatible with the user device.
9 . The aggregate service server of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to push the received content to a plurality of user devices associated with a single account by:
monitoring the content pushed to each of the user devices; and
pushing content to each of the user devices based upon the monitoring.
10 . A method of controlling communications between a client device and a plurality of content providers using an intermediate server, comprising:
receiving, by the intermediate server, an update from one of the plurality of content providers;
assigning, by the intermediate server, a priority to the received update; and
scheduling, by the intermediate server, a push of the received update to the client device based upon the assigned priority.
11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, by the intermediate server, a single request from the client device for an update; and
pushing updates, by the intermediate server, to the client device from all of the content providers in response to the single request.
12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
monitoring the updates that have been pushed to the client device; and
pushing updates to the user devices based upon the monitoring.
13 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
reformatting the received update into a format compatible with the client device.
14 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
periodically pushing updates to the client device.
15 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
pushing an update to the client device when the update is assigned a high priority.
16 . An intermediate server, configured to communicate with a user device and a plurality of different content providers, comprising:
a memory;
a content provider processor configured to obtain updates from the plurality of different content providers and to store the updates in the memory; and
a core services processor configured to push the updates stored in memory to the user device.
17 . The intermediate server of claim 16 , wherein the content provider processor is further configured to reformat the obtained updates from the plurality of different content providers into a format compatible with the user device.
18 . The intermediate server of claim 16 , wherein the core services processor assigns a priority to the obtained updates stored in the memory.
19 . The intermediate server of claim 18 , wherein the core services processor schedules a push of the obtained updates stored in memory to the user device based upon the assigned priority.
20 . The intermediate server of claim 16 , wherein the core services processor deletes the obtained updates from the memory after the obtained updates have been pushed to the user device.