US 12,088,681 B2
Synchronization of notification actions across multiple enrolled devices
Rohit Pradeep Shetty, Bangalore (IN); and Ramanandan Nambannor Kunnath, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,795.
Claims priority of application No. 202141033332 (IN), filed on Jul. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026140 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/55 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 67/55 (2022.05) [H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 1/72484 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing notifications for a plurality of client devices from a management server, the client devices including first and second client devices of a user and the management server comprising:
a computing device comprising a processor and a memory; and
program instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to carry out a method including the steps of:
receiving from the first client device metadata associated with a notification posted on the first client device, wherein the first client device has a client application installed therein to communicate with an application server and a management agent installed therein to communicate with the management server, and the notification is issued by the application server and communicated to the first client device via the client application;
receiving from the first client device an indication of an action performed with respect to the notification;
determining whether to propagate a new notification state to the second client device based at least in part on a type of the action and a current notification state associated with the second client device; and
providing to the second client device a command to change the current notification state to the new notification state.