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Integrating eventing in a web service application of a multi-functional peripheral

  • US 20080148287A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2006
  • Published: 06/19/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing a plurality of event subscription requests at a multi-functional peripheral (MFP), wherein the MFP comprises a plurality of service applications that each provides at least one service, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a service application of the plurality of service applications, a SimpleObject Access Protocol (SOAP) request, from a client application, to subscribe to an event, wherein;

    the SOAP request is an event subscription request;

    the service application includes an event manager that (a) is a component of the service application and (b) implements an eventing specification;

    the service application executes as a single process and executes the functionality of the event manager in addition to other functionality;

    the event manager maintaining identification information that identifies at least the event and an event sink specified in the SOAP request;

    the event manager receiving, from a platform of the MFP, notification data that indicates that the event occurred;

    the event manager comparing the notification data with the identification information;

    based on the comparison, the event manager composing a notification message for the client application; and

    sending the notification message to the event sink.

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