When a web app generates a push request, it supplies optional information for generating a cloud notification, should that be required. Currently that includes 2 strings: subject and detail.

BridgeIt consumes these cloud notifications, alters the user through some device-specific means, and is responsible for reactivating the application when the user acknowledges the alert. In order for BridgeIt to act as a transparent surrogate to the application it must have some other application-specific data in the notification.

Android notifications include:
ticker - hint that is shown when notification status added to status bar.
icon - displayed in the status bar
title - subject from above
message - detail from above

Additionally, bridgeit needs a URI to activate when the notification his handled by the user. This means that at least the following cloud notification parameters need to be added.

hint - a short string that describes the notification
icon - a small image to place in the status bar
uri - the uri for bridgeit to return to.

There may be other parameters that make sense for other platforms.