Patent ID: 9729390
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for performing an action responsive to detecting an event in a dead drop (DD) domain, the method comprising: receiving a notification request specifying an event within the DD domain to be monitored, the notification request including a dead drop identifier (DDID) referencing a storage location in the DD domain associated with the specified event and a token associated with the DDID, and specifying an action to perform in response to detecting an occurrence of the specified event; determining whether the token associated with the DDID is correct; responsive to determining that the token associated with the DDID is correct, monitoring, by a node in the DD domain, for the occurrence of the specified event within the DD domain; detecting the occurrence of the specified event within the DD domain, the detecting comprising detecting a change in a state of the node in the DD domain; and performing the specified action in response to detecting the occurrence of the specified event within the DD domain.