Method and system to communicate messages in a computer network

• US 20040139166A1
• Filed: 10/17/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloud Software Group
• Original Assignee: TIBCO Software Incorporated (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Collison, Derek
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,859 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/566 Grouping or aggregating service requests, e.g. for unified processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for communicating a message in a computer network. The method includes communicating a first message in a publish-subscribe arrangement or a queuing arrangement, and communicating a second message in a publish-subscribe arrangement or a queuing arrangement. The second message may be derived from the first message. The publish-subscribe arrangement may include a topic to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent, and the queuing arrangement may include a queue to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent. The second message may be derived from the first message by bridging a source and a target destination. The invention extends to a machine-readable medium embodying a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to execute the method.

Claims

1. A method of communicating a message in a computer network, the method including:

communicating a first message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement; and

communicating a second message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement, wherein the second message is derived from the first message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement includes a topic to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent, and the queuing arrangement includes a queue to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement includes a topic to which both the first and the second messages are sent.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the queuing arrangement includes a queue to which both the first and the second messages are sent.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein deriving the second message from the first message includes bridging a source and a target destination, wherein the source and target destinations are selected from the group consisting of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the bridge is a software bridge.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the software bridge is defined by one of parameters in a system file, an administrator console, and a programmatic API.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second messages are only delivered to a destination that a sender is authorized to communicate with.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement and the queuing arrangement utilize Java messaging.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and the second messages are only delivered to their destinations when both messages are delivered successfully.

11. The method of claim 1, which includes communicating the first and second messages between a messaging server and messaging clients.

12. A machine-readable medium embodying a sequence of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

communicate a first message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement; and

communicate a second message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement, wherein the second message is derived from the first message.

13. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement includes a topic to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent, and the queuing arrangement includes a queue to which at least one of the first and second messages is sent.

14. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement includes a topic to which both the first and the second messages are sent.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the queuing arrangement includes a queue to which both the first and the second messages are sent.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein deriving the second message from the first message includes bridging a source and a target destination, wherein the source and target destinations are selected from the group consisting of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the bridge is a software bridge.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the software bridge is defined by parameters in a system file.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the first and second messages are only delivered to a destination that a sender is authorized to communicate with.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the publish-subscribe arrangement and the queuing arrangement utilize Java messaging.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the first and the second messages are only delivered to their destinations when both messages are delivered successfully.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 12, which includes communicating the first and second messages between a messaging server and messaging clients.

23. A system to communicate a message in a computer network, the system including a server to:

communicate a first message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement; and

communicate a second message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement, wherein the second message is derived from the first message.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein deriving the second message from the first message includes bridging a source and a target destination, wherein the source and target destinations are selected from the group consisting of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement.

25. A system to communicate a message in a computer network, the system including:

means to receive the message;

means to communicate a first message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement; and

means to communicate a second message in at least one of a publish-subscribe arrangement and a queuing arrangement, wherein the second message is derived from the first message.