Event controlling system for integrating different event driven systems

• US 6,145,009 A
• Filed: 05/19/1998
• Issued: 11/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Moriyasu, Takashi, Kaibe, Hiroshi, Sato, Hideaki, Toyama, Haruhiko, Miyazawa, Takayuki, Hasegawa, Tetsuo, Seki, Toshibumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M.
• Application Number:
  US09/081,438
• Time in Patent Office: 903 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/202, 709/203, 709/206, 709/207, 709/208, 709/209, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/220, 709/236
• US Class Current: 709/236
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

When inexecutable event occurs, an event format conversion rules table is referred to in order to convert the format of the event, then the communication message including the converted event is transmitted through a network. If the communication message is received through the network, the converted event is re-converted into an event that has an executable format by referring to the event format conversion rules table.

An event filter refers to an event filter table that has processing necessity information for each event and sends only an event that needs to be processed to an event processing portion. Even if the local system cannot execute an event, the event is transmitted to another system through a communicating portion.

Claims

1. An event controlling system, comprising:

storing means for storing event format conversion rules;

first event converting means for converting the format of an event into a corresponding format by referring to the event format conversion rules when the event cannot be processed;

transmitting means for transmitting a communication message generated corresponding to the particular format converted by said first event converting means through a network;

receiving means for receiving the communication message through the network;

event restructuring means for restructuring an event whose format has been converted by said first event converting means from the communication message received by said receiving means; and

second event converting means for converting the event restructured by said event restructuring means into an event of a format that can be executed by referring to the event format conversion rules.

2. The controlling system as set forth in claim 1,

wherein the communication message is broadcast or multi-cast.

3. An event controlling system, comprising:

means for converting a first information that represents an event for controlling an object into a second information that has an executable format;

selecting means for selecting what needs to be processed out of the second information by referring to an event management area having processing necessity information for each event; and

processing means for processing to drive an event corresponding to the second information selected by said selecting means.

4. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3,

wherein said processing means transmits the second information to a corresponding controlling system.

5. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3,

wherein said processing means comprises process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how event should be processed.

6. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3,

wherein said processing means restores the event corresponding to the second information.

7. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

means for updating the area referred to by said selecting means if necessary.

8. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

means for adding a management information regarding the event to the event management area in the case that a new event takes place.

9. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3, wherein the first information is inputted through the network.

10. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how each event should be processed;

wherein said selecting means is controlled in accordance with said process method determining means.

11. An event controlling system, comprising:

selecting means for selecting what needs to be processed out of a first information that represents an event for controlling an object by referring to an event management area having processing necessity information for each event;

means for converting the selected first information into a second information that has an executable format; and

processing means for processing to drive an event corresponding to the second information.

12. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 11,

wherein said processing means transmits the second information to a corresponding controlling system.

13. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 11, wherein said processing means comprises process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how event should be processed.

14. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 11,

wherein said processing means restores the event corresponding to the second information.

15. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 11, further comprising:

means for updating the area referred to by said selecting means if necessary.

16. An event controlling system, comprising:

means for receiving a first information that represents an event for controlling an object through a network;

selecting means for selecting what needs to be processed out of the received first information by referring to an event management area having processing necessity information for each event;

means for converting the first information selected by said selecting means into a second information that has an executable format; and

processing means for processing to drive an event corresponding to the converted second information.

17. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 16,

wherein said processing means comprises process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how event should be processed.

18. The event controlling system as set forth in claim 16,

wherein said processing means restores the event corresponding to the second information.

19. An event controlling system, comprising:

means for inputting a first information that represents an event for controlling an object;

means for converting the inputted first information into a second information that has an executable format;

process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how each event should be processed; and

means for selecting what needs to be processed out of the second information by referring to an event management area having processing necessity information for each event when the determined way of processing is to restore the event, and for restoring the selected second information.

20. An event controlling system, comprising:

means for converting a first information that represents an event for controlling an object into a second information that has an executable format;

process method determining means for determining the way the second information is processed by referring to an area having information on how each event should be processed; and

means for restoring the second information when the determined way of processing is to restore the event, and for selecting what needs to be processed out of the restored second information by referring to an event management area having the processing necessity information for each event.