A notification service provides means to send a notice to many persons at once. For example, if a flood were likely, residents of a community could be warned it's time to evacuate. If a school were suddenly closed for the day, students or parents could be told not come to school, or told to report to an alternate location. American Airlines can notify passengers by cellphone two hours before a flight's departure with information on the flight's status and gate number.
When notification services are used for emergency notification, they are often called Emergency Mass Notification Services (EMNS).
Notification services and emergency notification services can provide a wide range of options, including:
*Notifications may be by e-mail, telephone, fax, text messages, etc.
*Identical messages may be broadcast, or the messages may be personalized.
*The notification service equipment may be owned by the sender, or may owned by a service provider.
*A message may, or may not require a response.
See also
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Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)
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Amazon Simple Notification Service
Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) is a notification service provided as part of Amazon Web Services since 2010. It provides a low-cost infrastructure for the mass delivery of messages.
Amazon SNS acts as a single message bus th ...
(SNS)
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Android Cloud to Device Messaging
Android Cloud to Device Messaging (commonly referred to as Cloud to Device Messaging), or C2DM, is a defunct mobile notification service that was developed by Google and replaced by the Google Cloud Messaging service. It enabled developers to sen ...
(C2DM)
* Boomerang Software Framework
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Blackboard Connect
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Firebase Cloud Messaging
Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), formerly known as Google Cloud Messaging (GCM), is a cross-platform cloud solution for messages and notifications for Android, iOS, and web applications, which as of June 2022 can be used at no cost. Firebase Cl ...
(FCM)
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Google Cloud Messaging
Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) was a mobile notification service developed by Google that enables third-party application developers to send notification data or information from developer-run servers to applications that target the Google Androi ...
(GCM)
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Message queuing service
A message queueing service is a message-oriented middleware or MOM deployed in a compute cloud using software as a service model. Service subscribers access queues and or topics to exchange data using point-to-point or publish and subscribe pat ...
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SQL Server Notification Services
SQL Server Notification Services is a platform developed by Microsoft for the development and deployment of notification applications based on SQL Server technology and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Notification Services offers a scalable server ...
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Windows Push Notification Service
Windows Push Notification Service (commonly referred to as Windows Notification Service or WNS) is a notification service developed by Microsoft for all devices running Microsoft Windows platforms. It allows for developers to send push data ("t ...
(WNS)
References
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External links
*Example of Emergency Mass Notification System used b
University of MissouriAn example of a web-oriented notification service providerAmazon Simple Notification ServiceGoogle Cloud Messaging Provider
*Example of Emergency Mass Notification System used by Rochester Institute of Technolog
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