Patent ID: 7404108

Claim:
A method of publishing notifications within a data processing system comprising a first source generating a first event notification concerning an event with respect to the first source, a first destination device and a second destination device, the method comprising: transmitting to the first source a subscription from the first destination device to receive the first event notification from the first source; receiving at the first destination device a subscription from the second destination device to receive the first event notification from the first destination device; receiving at the first destination the first event notification published from the first source; republishing the first event notification from the first destination device to the second destination device; wherein the data processing system further comprises a second source generating a second event notification concerning an event with respect to the second source, the method further comprising: transmitting to the second destination device a subscription from the first destination device to receive the second event notification subscribed to by the second destination device; and receiving at the first destination the second event notification republished from the second destination device.