APPLICATION-LEVEL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

摘要

Application-level acknowledgements may be used to verify that a data packet has not only been received, but has been successfully processed by the appropriate application operating on a device that received the data packet. For example, in one embodiment, two devices may be registered with an identity service that enables security and push messaging. A first device may communicate a data packet to another device that is associated with the same identity account through the identity service. The device receiving the data packet may send an acknowledgement verifying receipt of the data packet. After an application has processed the data packet, an acknowledgement that the data packet was processed may also be send from the second device to the first device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
at a first device comprising wireless circuitry, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the wireless circuitry:
communicating, via the wireless circuitry, with an identity services server to receive a second identifier associated with a second device;communicating a data packet to the second device via the wireless circuitry, the data packet comprising the second identifier and a payload;receiving from a communication management process of the second device, a first acknowledgement indicating that the data packet was received at the second device; andreceiving from the communication management process of the second device, a second acknowledgement indicating that the payload has been processed by a second application operating on the second device.