US 12,009,969 B2
Methods and devices for notification with improved reliability
Sérgio Carvalhosa, Liège (BE)
Assigned to Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 17/997,767
Filed by Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed May 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224247, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2025499 (NL), filed on May 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171150 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/069 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/069 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing notifications by a client device to a server device, the method comprising performing, by the client device, the steps of:
receiving, for at least one variable to be monitored by the client device, one or more predefined configuration parameters comprising:
a confirmation notification parameter indicating at least whether notifications with a value for said at least one variable are to be confirmed; or
a notification queue parameter related to the storing of one or more historical values for said at least one variable in a notification queue, and preferably indicating whether historical values for said at least one variable are to be stored in a notification queue and/or indicating a number of historical values for said at least one variable to be stored in a notification queue;
setting or modifying a configuration of the client device to notify values for said at least one variable in accordance with the received one or more predefined configuration parameters; and
based on the set or modified configuration of the client device, notifying one or more values for said at least one variable to the server device.