Architecture: Framework for delivering content to BlackBerry devices using push technology
The framework that uses push technology to deliver content to BlackBerry® devices uses a client/server model. With pull technology, a server waits for a device to request content. In contrast, push technology enables your server to initiate the content delivery to a device without receiving a request.
The framework includes the protocols, service interfaces, hardware entities, and software entities that you can use to deliver content to BlackBerry devices using push technology.
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Component |
Description |
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Push Initiator |
Software that submits content to the framework for delivery |
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Push-enabled application |
Software that interprets and displays the content to the user |
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Push Proxy Gateway (PPG) |
Entity that works as the gateway to the wireless network for the content by acting as an access point, delivering the content to its final destination, and work like a proxy server |
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Push Server |
Hardware entity that hosts the Push Initiator |
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Push Client |
Hardware entity that hosts the push-enabled application |
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PAP |
Protocol that the Push Initiator uses to submit the content and the push-related control information to the PPG |
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IPPP |
Protocol that the PPG uses to deliver the content to the BlackBerry devices (Push Clients) |