Patent ID: 7448048
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting an event within a real-time stream of data while said real-time stream is received from an external system prior to storing said event in a database; after detecting said event, materializing a real-time view of said event as one or more rows within a stream of rows; probing into said stream of rows, wherein said probing comprises subscribing to a plurality of hidden views automatically generated in response to said stream of rows, wherein a condition of one of said plurality of hidden views is equivalent to a condition of one of a plurality of business rules; generating an action statement, wherein said generating of said action statement comprises: determining that said action statement comprises a ‘holds for’ clause; and upon said determining that said action statement comprises a ‘holds for’ clause, handling said action statement according to said ‘holds for’ clause, wherein said ‘holds for’ clause selectively forestalls said generating until a particular event occurs, and cancels said generating when said particular event does not occur during a specified time duration; using a plurality of user-defined dynamic specifications, wherein each individual specification sets forth a change to be detected in said real time materialized view of said event and also a corresponding action to be taken in response to said change; and upon detecting said change set forth by at least one user-defined dynamic specification, triggering said corresponding action of said at least one specification.