Patent ID: 7461062
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. In a publish/subscribe system having one or more subscribers subscribing to data from one or more data sources, a method for just-in-time messaging comprising the steps of: recording in real time in a subscription table, subscription requests from subscribers, said subscription requests including specific data sources to be subscribed to, said subscription table storing statistics of the subscriptions topics and the categorization and specifics of the data being requested including a system prefix, subtopic of the data type, specific news forum served, and specific forum to be listened to, a subscriber subscribing to a topic; recording in real time in a data source table, data sources for providing data to subscribers; comparing with a matching routine connected to said subscription table and said data source table, data source subscription requests in the subscription table with data sources of the data source table as said data sources become available and without further input from said subscribers, said matching routine matching subscription requests by said statistics for the subscriptions topics and categorization and specifics with currently available and active data sources; in real time and responsive to said matching routine comparing step, one of enabling or disabling message transmissions from a subscribed to data source recorded in said data source table to a subscriber having a subscription for said subscribed to data source in said subscription table through a publish/subscribe engine; and searching with said matching routine for matches, immediately after the updating of either of said user subscription table or said data source table.