Patent ID: 8332465
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for message subscription management, comprising: sending a subscription request from a subscriber to a first publisher; intercepting the subscription request from the subscriber and redirecting the subscription request to a broker; upon intercepting the subscription request, adding additional information to the subscription request and forwarding the additional information along with the subscription request to the broker, wherein the additional information is attached to the subscription request, wherein the additional information is provided by the subscriber, wherein the additional information includes an instruction to send event messages, which originate with the first publisher, to the subscriber, and wherein the additional information includes instructions to the broker to filter out and block content from any blocked publisher that has been identified by the subscriber; forwarding the subscription request from the broker to the first publisher; sending a first event message from the first publisher to the broker, wherein the first event message includes a message source identifier that uniquely associates the first publisher with the broker, and wherein the first publisher addresses the first event message to the subscriber; and forwarding the first event message from the broker to the subscriber.