Patent ID: 7349980

Claim:
A system enabling deployment of a publish/subscribe system within the context of a Web services network, comprising: a parent node operably connected to a computer network, the parent node maintaining a first routing table stored in a persistent data store, the first routing table including routing entries allowing for the routing of service action requests and responses across the computer network; wherein at least one routing entry in the first routing table corresponds to a topic routing entity and includes information allowing for publication of messages to the topic and the dissemination of the messages to at least one subscriber associated with the topic; and at least one routing node maintaining a local routing table including routing entries allowing for the routing of service action requests and responses across the computer network; wherein at least one routing entry in the local routing table corresponds to a topic routing entity and includes information allowing for publication of messages to the topic and the dissemination of the messages to at least one subscriber associated with the topic; the routing node operably connected to the computer network to route service action requests and service action responses across the computer network, wherein the routing node is further operative to access the local routing table, process messages published to a topic and transmit the messages to at least one subscriber associated with the topic across the computer network; wherein the parent node is operative to add a routing entry to the local routing table of the routing node in response to a routing entity request; wherein the routing node, in response to service action request requiring a routing entry not contained in the local routing table, transmits a routing entity request to the parent node.