Patent Document ID: 8615580
Application ID: 13031224

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of message publication feedback in a publish/subscribe messaging environment, comprising: receiving, at a message broker, a message published by a message publisher, the message having associated therewith a topic; selecting, by the message broker from a plurality of registered message subscribers that have registered subscriptions with the message broker to receive published messages, each subscription specifying a topic and an importance level for receiving published messages having the registered topic associated therewith, at least one subscriber for which the registered topic matches the topic associated with the published message; sending the published message from the message broker to each of the at least one selected subscriber; subsequently sending the published message to at least one of the plurality of registered message subscribers which is a durable subscriber, the durable subscriber characterized by being disconnected during the sending of the published message from the message broker to each of the at least one selected subscriber, yet retaining an active registered subscription for which the registered topic matches the topic associated with the published message; and sending, from the message broker to the message publisher, feedback regarding the sending of the published message, wherein: the feedback reflects the sending and the subsequent sending; and the feedback is delayed, following the sending of the published message to each of the at least one selected subscriber, to await the subsequent sending of the published message to the at least one durable subscriber.

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Claim 3:
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback comprises, for each of the at least one selected subscriber, the importance level specified in the registered subscription of the subscriber.