Patent ID: 7711783
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a resource-constrained device, said method comprising: receiving, by a generic event notification service executing on said resource-constrained device, a registration request to register an event listener for receipt of an event, registering, by said generic event notification service, said event listener for receipt of said event even though said generic event notification service finds that an event-producing application for said event is not yet deployed thereby allowing the late binding of said event-producing application; receiving, by said generic event notification service executing on said resource-constrained device, an event fired by a first event-producing application executing on said resource-constrained device, wherein said event fired by said first event-producing application is a fired event, and said fired event has a unique event identifier, and determining, by said generic event notification service, whether said first event-producing application is authorized to fire said fired event; determining, by said generic event notification service, event-consuming applications authorized by said first event-producing application to receive said fired event upon said generic event notification service finding said first event-producing application is authorized to fire said fired event; and forwarding, by said generic event notification service, said fired event to each event-consuming application authorized by said first event-producing application to receive said fired event, wherein each event-consuming application can communicate directly with said first event-producing application using said fired event to bypass said firewall.