Method and system for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system
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1. A method for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system, the method comprising:
- in response to a first request from a client for notification of a specific change in the data processing system, adding the first request to a list of requests for notification;
in response to detecting the specific change in the data processing system, notifying the client originating the first request regarding the specific change, according to one or more parameters of the first request stored in the list of the requests for notification; and
in response to a second request from the client for terminating notification of the specific change, removing the first request from the list of requests for notification, such that the client is not notified of the specific change subsequently occurring after the removing.
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Abstract
A method of notifying clients of a change in a USB including a first client requesting notification of a first change in the USB, detecting the first change in the USB, and notifying the first client requesting notification that the first change in the USB occurred.
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1. A method for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system, the method comprising:
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in response to a first request from a client for notification of a specific change in the data processing system, adding the first request to a list of requests for notification; in response to detecting the specific change in the data processing system, notifying the client originating the first request regarding the specific change, according to one or more parameters of the first request stored in the list of the requests for notification; and in response to a second request from the client for terminating notification of the specific change, removing the first request from the list of requests for notification, such that the client is not notified of the specific change subsequently occurring after the removing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A machine-readable medium having instructions, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system, the method comprising:
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in response to a first request from a client for notification of a specific change in the data processing system, adding the first request to a list of requests for notification; in response to detecting the specific change in the data processing system, notifying the client originating the first request regarding the specific change, according to one or more parameters of the first request stored in the list of the requests for notification; and in response to a second request from the client for terminating notification of the specific change, removing the first request from the list of requests for notification, such that the client is not notified of the specific change subsequently occurring after the removing. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for notifying clients of a specific change in a data processing system, the apparatus comprising:
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means for adding, in response to a first request from a client for notification of a specific change in the data processing system, the first request to a list of requests for notification; means for notifying, in response to detecting the specific change in the data processing system, the client originating the first request regarding the specific change, according to one or more parameters of the first request stored in the list of the requests for notification; and means for removing, in response to a second request from the client for terminating notification of the specific change, the first request from the list of requests for notification, such that the client is not notified of the specific change subsequently occurring after the removing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A data processing system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, when executed from the memory, cause the processor to perform a method, the method including in response to a first request from a client for notification of a specific change in the data processing system, adding the first request to a list of requests for notification, in response to detecting the specific change in the data processing system, notifying the client originating the first request regarding the specific change, according to one or more parameters of the first request stored in the list of the requests for notification, and in response to a second request from the client for terminating notification of the specific change, removing the first request from the list of requests for notification, such that the client is not notified of the specific change subsequently occurring after the removing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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