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Event-triggered notification over a network

  • US 6,763,384 B1
  • Filed: 07/10/2000
  • Issued: 07/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for notifying the occurrence of an event to one or more client processes over a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • said one or more client processes registering a set of said events of interest and, when said client processes are curtly active, registering their respective address identifiers with a server;

    said server detecting the occurrence of an event;

    said server identifying which of said client processes are interested in notification of said event and are currently active;

    said server causing a real-time connection over said network to transmit said notification to each identified client process;

    said server transmitting updated data to said identified client process relating to said occurrence of an event, wherein said updated data comprises changed data of said occurrence of an event; and

    terminating a connection between said server and said identified client process when a period of inactivity of detecting said occurrence of an event exist.

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