Interactive filtering electronic messages received from a publication/subscription service

• US 7,720,910 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lagarde, Konrad C., Jania, Frank, Van Der Meulen, Michael, Goodman, Brian D., Shu, Chen
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THANH T
• Application Number:
  US10/207,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20040019645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,853 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 379/88.13, 709/223, 709/220, 709/224, 709/206, 703/206, 703/223, 703/220, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

Electronic messages are published through a pub/sub service to subscribing clients. Client applications filter incoming messages according to user predefined criteria, only presenting messages to the user that pass filtering criteria. Messages are preferably Instant Messages transmitted in a SOAP protocol.

Claims

1. A method for receiving electronic messages published through a pub/sub service, the publication/subscription service in network communication with one or more client systems, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a published message at a client application of a first client system of the one or more client systems, the published message published from a content provider by way of said pub/sub service wherein said published message comprises first identifying information;

the client application inspecting said first identifying information according to a predefined criteria; and

the client application selectively accepting said published message when said first identifying information meets said predefined criteria;

the first client system subscribing to the publication/subscription service;

the publication/subscription service publishing channel topic messages associated with a channel topic from the content provider to a plurality of client systems subscribing to the publication/subscription service, the plurality of client systems comprising the first client system, the client systems comprising client systems having selected the channel topic, the channel topic messages comprising the published message;

the first client system comprising the client application, selecting the channel topic of the pub/sub service;

said publication/subscription service, receiving a message to be published from the content provider to said client systems having selected the channel topics, said first client producer of said message and said client systems for consuming said message being anonymous to each other so that the number of publishers and subscribers dynamically change and publishers and subscribers evolve without disrupting the entire system;

said publication/subscription service concurrently publishing the received message as the published message to said plurality of client systems; and

displaying the published message at said first client system;

wherein said predefined criteria comprises a Boolean compare comprising the further step of;

performing the Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating an operation based on the results of the Boolean operation;

wherein the transforming the message media format comprising transforming the message from a form comprising of any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form comprising any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said predefined criteria comprises any one of a keyword compare, a Boolean compare or a phrase compare.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of passing said published message from said client application to another program module of the first client system.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising the further step of forwarding said published message from said first client system to a second client system over a network.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said message comprises any one of an Instant Message, WSDL, XML, HTML, MIME or SOAP protocol.

6. A system for receiving electronic messages published through a publication/subscription service, the publication/subscription service in network communication with one or more client systems, the system comprising:

a receiver receiving a published message at a client application of a first client system of the one or more client systems, the published message published from a content provider by way of

said publish/subscribe service wherein said published message comprises first identifying information;

an application program inspector inspecting said first identifying information according to a predefined criteria; and

an application program acceptor selectively accepting said published message when said first identifying information meets said predefined criteria;

the first client system subscribing to the publication/subscription service;

the publication/subscription service publishing channel topic messages associated with a channel topic from the content provider to a plurality of client systems subscribing to the publication/subscription service, the plurality of client systems comprising the first client system, the client systems comprising client systems having selected the channel topic, the channel topic messages comprising the published message;

the first client system comprising the client application selecting the channel topic of the publication/subscription service;

said publication/subscription service, receiving a message to be published from the content provider to said client systems having selected the channel topics said first client producer of said message and said client systems for consuming said message being anonymous to each other so that the number of publishers and subscribers dynamically change and publishers and subscribers evolve without disrupting the entire system;

said publication/subscription service concurrently publishing the received message as the published message to said plurality of client systems; and

said first client system displaying the published message;

wherein said predefined criteria comprises a Boolean compare comprising;

performing the Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating an operation based on the results of the Boolean operation;

wherein the transforming the message media format comprising transforming the message from a form comprising any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form comprising any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein said predefined criteria comprises any one of a keyword compare, a Boolean compare or a phrase compare.

8. The system according to claim 6 comprising an interface passing said published message from said client application to another program module of the first client system.

9. The system according to claim 6, comprising said interface forwarding said published message from said client system to a second client system over a network.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein said published message comprises any one of an Instant Message, WSDL, XML, HTML, MIME or SOAP protocol.

11. A computer program product for receiving electronic messages published through a publication/subscription, the publication/subscription service in network communication with one or more client systems, the computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code performing the method comprising:

receiving a published message at a client application of a first client system of the one or more client systems, the published message published from a content provider by way of said pub/sub service wherein said published message comprises first identifying information;

the client application inspecting said first identifying information according to a predefined criteria; and

the client application selectively accepting said published message when said first identifying information meets said predefined criteria;

the first client system subscribing to the publication/subscription service;

the publication/subscription service publishing channel topic messages associated with a channel topic from the content provider to a plurality of client systems subscribing to the publication/subscription service, the plurality of client systems comprising the first client system, the client systems comprising client systems having selected the channel topic, the channel topic messages comprising the published message;

the first client system comprising the client application, selecting the channel topic of the pub/sub service;

said publication/subscription service, receiving a message to be published from the content provider to said client systems having selected the channel topics said first client producer of said message and said client systems for consuming said message being anonymous to each other so that the number of publishers and subscribers dynamically change and publishers and subscribers evolve without disrupting the entire system;

said publication/subscription service concurrently publishing the received message as the published message to said plurality of client systems; and

displaying the published message at said first client system;

wherein said predefined criteria comprises a Boolean compare comprising the further step of;

performing the Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating an operation based on the results of the Boolean operation;

wherein the transforming the message media format comprising transforming the message from a form comprising any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form comprising any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein said predefined criteria consists of any one of a keyword compare, a Boolean compare or a phrase compare.

13. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the method comprises the further step of passing said published message from said client application to another program module of the first client system.

14. The computer program product according to claim 11, further comprising computer readable program code for forwarding said published message from said first client system to a second client system over a network.

15. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein said published message comprises any one of an Instant Message, WSDL, XML, HTML, MIME or SOAP protocol.