Notification service in an event management system

• US 20040139444A1
• Filed: 01/14/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Turner, Richard, Massey, Christopher C., Hope, Clifford C.
• Application Number:
  US10/342,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20040139444A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A notification service method and system, for use in an event management system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of storing notification data; and subsequently accessing said stored data to determine notification parameters.

Claims

1. A notification service method, for use in an event management system, comprising the steps of:

storing notification data, and

subsequently accessing said stored data to determine notification parameters.

2. A notification service system, for use in an event management system, comprising:

a notification data store; and

an accessor for subsequently accessing said stored data to determine notification parameters.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said event management system has access to at least one data source and includes:

a server component having;

an agent engine for creating one or more agents; and

a scheduler for running said created agents;

a definition data store for storing data definitions;

a client component for authoring said agents using said definitions; and

an interface between said agent engine and said data source.

4. The system according to claim 3, further including an event data store for maintaining a history of events.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein two or more data sources are pooled to improve system efficiency.

6. A notification service system, for use in an event management system, comprising:

means for storing notification data; and

means for subsequently accessing said stored data to determine notification parameters.

7. A storage medium readable by a computer encoding a computer process to provide a method for notification service method, for use in an event management system, the computer process comprising:

a processing portion for means for storing notification data; and

a processing portion for subsequently accessing said stored data to determine notification parameters.