Authorizing Push Notifications for Websites

摘要

In some implementations, a website can be certified by a push notification service operator to send push notifications to user devices. A web browser on the user's device can communicate with the website to advertise the user device's ability to receive push notifications. The website can provide to the web browser a certificate indicating that the website is authorized to utilize the push notification service. If the certificate is valid and has not been revoked, the browser can prompt the user to allow push notifications from the website. If the user authorizes push notifications, a device token can be provided to the website that allows the website to send push notifications to the user device through the push notification service. In some implementations, the web browser can be configured to provide websites access to APIs for accessing information stored on a user device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a web browser application executing on a computing device, a certificate associated with a push notification provider; determining, by the web browser, that the certificate is valid; in response to the determination, presenting a prompt on a user interface of the web browser requesting that a user approve receiving push notifications from the push notification provider; receiving approval from the user for the website to send push notifications to the computing device; and in response to receiving approval from the user, transmitting, from the web browser to the push notification provider, a device token that identifies the computing device to a push notification service.