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Signaling communication events in a computer network

  • US 6,070,189 A
  • Filed: 08/26/1997
  • Issued: 05/30/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a data processing system having a communication system for sending messages from a sender to a receiver, a method for enabling a user to detect the occurrence of communication events, said method comprising:

  • assigning a user readable counter to a communication event to be monitored;

    incrementing the user readable counter when the communication event occurs; and

    monitoring by the user, the count in said user readable counter to determine when the count has been incremented, thereby detecting the occurrence of the event.

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