System and method for event notification
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1. A system for handling event notifications, comprising:
- a notification provider including;
a list of event definitions; and
emit notification instructions configured to;
receive events from a plurality of entities;
compare a received event to the event definitions and determine whether to issue a notice of the event based on whether the received event corresponds to at least one of the event definitions; and
transmit updated information associated with the event when a client that received the notice of the event requests the updated information.
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Abstract
A system for event notification includes a notification provider configured with a list of event definitions, and emit notification instructions. The emit notification instructions are configured to receive events from a plurality of entities; compare a received event to the event definitions and determine whether to issue a notice of the event based on whether the received event corresponds to at least one of the event definitions; and transmit updated information associated with the event when a client that received the notice of the event requests the updated information.
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1. A system for handling event notifications, comprising:
a notification provider including;
a list of event definitions; and
emit notification instructions configured to;
receive events from a plurality of entities;
compare a received event to the event definitions and determine whether to issue a notice of the event based on whether the received event corresponds to at least one of the event definitions; and
transmit updated information associated with the event when a client that received the notice of the event requests the updated information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network comprising:
a workflow layer configured to communicate with a notification provider, wherein the workflow layer includes;
a client filter configured to receive event notifications and to determine whether to transmit the event notifications to the client based on event criteria established by the client. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for issuing event notifications in a network, comprising:
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registering a polling interval for a client in a server;
storing event definitions in the server;
receiving an event from an entity, wherein the event is associated with an update to the entity'"'"'s information;
transmitting a notice of the event to the client when the event corresponds to at least one of the event definitions; and
receiving a request from the client for the updated information when the event corresponds to event filter criteria implemented in the client'"'"'s workflow layer. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus for controlling event notifications in a network, comprising:
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means for storing event definitions;
means for determining whether submitted events correspond to at least one of the event definitions;
means for filtering the submitted events according to event filter criteria established by an entity to determine whether to transmit notification of the event to the entity;
means for comparing updated information associated with the event with previous information; and
means sending only the records of the updated information which have changed from the previous information. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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