Patent ID: 7334001
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for data collection, comprising: automatically determining at a predefined period, and based at least in part on a wakeup signal, that one of a plurality of poller services is available to perform work, wherein each poller service manages requests for content on behalf of at least one user who requested an alert message, and wherein the determining is performed by a secondary poller manager after the one of the plurality of poller services attempted to notify a primary poller manager that the one of the plurality of poller services is available for work; instructing the one of the plurality of poller services to access validated content from an authenticated source and that corresponds to a predefined selection of alert type for at least one user in receiving an alert message comprising at least one portion of the validated content, wherein the validated content comprises content that was verified as received correctly from the authenticated source; instructing the one of the plurality of poller services to generate at least one alert message based on the validated content; updating a task list upon receiving an indication that the one of the plurality of poller services has generated the at least one alert message for delivery to the at least one user; and at least one of: