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Add iPhone push notification using ASP.NET server

Here's the overview. I need to add push notification to an iPhone app. Server side is ASP.NET in c#. What I would like is some coaching to work through the process. I will then post generic code for an iPhone project and an ASP.NET web app along with step-by-step instructions so that others can learn. Here is my understanding: Apply for APNS certificate and add it to keychain. (Not sure how to bring this to ASP.NET) Have iPhones register with registerForRemoteNotificationWithTypes, send the value to your server, and store in a DB. Seems like this code to register should be easy but I can't find a good sample. (No problem with sending the value to the ASP.NET server.) Your server app creates a payload string, does JSON encoding, sends to the APNS server for each (or can it be for groups) of iPhones using their device token that was saved into the DB. So to develop the addition, here are the pieces: The iPhone registration code