Enabling push notifications from websites

摘要

Techniques for enabling push notifications from websites are described. In at least some embodiments, a push notification generally represents a way for a website to push information to a client device. For instance, a push notification may include content (e.g., text, images, video, audio, and so forth) that a website pushes to a client device. The content can be output via the client device, e.g., independently of an output of the website itself. According to one or more embodiments, a push notification channel is generated that enables notifications to be pushed from a website to a client device. Generally, a push notification channel represents a set of attributes and procedures that enable notifications to be securely and accurately pushed from a website to a client device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
presenting a selectable option for adding a tile that represents a website for display on a client device; configuring, via one or more computing devices, a push notification channel for the client device in response to a selection of the selectable option to add the tile thereby enabling push notification from the website to the tile, said configuring the push notification including obtaining a channel token that enables a notification to be pushed to the client device, and communicating the channel token to the website; receiving a push notification from the website at the client device via the push notification channel and independent of a user navigating to the website or having a browser open; and populating the push notification to the tile.