US 12,010,086 B2
Universal actionable notifications
Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Kirkland, WA (US); Andrew Vincent Spiziri, Seattle, WA (US); Paresh Lukka, Redmond, WA (US); and Anton Leo Dukeman, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,865.
Application 18/131,865 is a continuation of application No. 17/462,419, filed on Aug. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,632,351.
Application 17/462,419 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,621, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,115,372.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246993 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/56 (2022.01); H04L 51/066 (2022.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.01); H04L 51/58 (2022.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 51/56 (2022.05) [H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.05); H04L 51/58 (2022.05); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by a notification service implemented with machine-readable instructions executed by one or more computer processors, for generating, responsive to a sender, actionable notification messages to users, the method comprising:
receiving, from the sender, an actionable notification data structure comprising arguments for a message text, a list of recipients, and response options and associated actions;
generating, based on the actionable notification data structure, actionable notification messages to the recipients specified in the list, the actionable notification messages each comprising the message text and the response options;
sending the actionable notification messages to addresses of the respective recipients;
receiving responses from at least some of the recipients, the responses each specifying a selected response option; and
processing the selected response options to perform the associated actions.