Patent ID: 7143417
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for providing notification of events in a unified communications services network the system comprising: a network that provides unified communications services to users that enable the users to share information, the unified communications services comprising application processes; an event filter in communication with an event generating application process, wherein the event filter performs a first level filtering of notification of an event generated by the event generating application process; an event manager that receives the notification of the event from the event filter over the network, and disperses the event over the network; and a notification handler that receives the notification of the event over the network and disposes of the event, wherein the notification handler performs a second level filtering of notification of the event, and wherein the notification handler performs the second level filtering of notification of the event by determining whether contents of the event meet second level filtering criteria established by a user, and communicating the event to the user if the contents of the event meet the second level filtering criteria associated with the user.