Mediated information flow
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1. A method for mediating the flow of messages in a computer network, wherein the computer network has a cubic mediation network that includes:
- two local point of presence (LPP) modules for interfacing between the mediation network and client programs;
two mediator (M) modules for hosting mediation tasks;
two mediator router (MR) modules for analyzing the content of incoming messages, each MR module routing the incoming messages to a predetermined M module in dependence upon said content; and
two transmission proxy (TP) modules for forwarding messages to at least one of said LPP modules, wherein, in the method, incoming messages to the mediation network are propagated along a mediation cycle that comprises the steps of;
an LPP module, addressing incoming messages to a respective one of said at least one mediator router (MR) modules;
in said addressed MR module, analyzing the content of incoming messages and routing said messages to a predetermined mediator module in dependence upon said analyzed content;
in said predetermined mediator module, applying the mediation task to said analyzed messages and directing mediated messages to a respective one of said TP modules; and
in said TP module that receives said mediated messages, forwarding said mediated messages to at least one of said LPP modules.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for mediating the flow of messages in a computer network having a mediation architecture that includes a plurality of logical nodes in a cubic mediation arrangement. The method comprises handing over one or more mediation tasks between a donor mediator module and a recipient mediator module in response to a change request while maintaining system invariants.
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1. A method for mediating the flow of messages in a computer network, wherein the computer network has a cubic mediation network that includes:
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two local point of presence (LPP) modules for interfacing between the mediation network and client programs;
two mediator (M) modules for hosting mediation tasks;
two mediator router (MR) modules for analyzing the content of incoming messages, each MR module routing the incoming messages to a predetermined M module in dependence upon said content; and
two transmission proxy (TP) modules for forwarding messages to at least one of said LPP modules, wherein, in the method, incoming messages to the mediation network are propagated along a mediation cycle that comprises the steps of;
an LPP module, addressing incoming messages to a respective one of said at least one mediator router (MR) modules;
in said addressed MR module, analyzing the content of incoming messages and routing said messages to a predetermined mediator module in dependence upon said analyzed content;
in said predetermined mediator module, applying the mediation task to said analyzed messages and directing mediated messages to a respective one of said TP modules; and
in said TP module that receives said mediated messages, forwarding said mediated messages to at least one of said LPP modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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