N-way data stream splitter

• US 7,895,350 B1
• Filed: 03/27/2002
• Issued: 02/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Motive Incorporated (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Bereiter, Thomas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): STRANGE, AARON N
• Application Number:
  US10/107,557
• Time in Patent Office: 3,254 Days
• Field of Search: 709230-231, 709/238, 717331-332
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/65 Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP]

Abstract

The invention relates to separating data from a data stream. More specifically the invention relates to pre-registering tags and destinations for data marked with the particular tag. The invention also relates to sending a data sub-stream to a destination according to the pre-registered tag. The invention inserts a destination for data marked with the tag into a lookup table. The invention also scans a data stream for the tag to determine the destination to receive the data marked with the tag. The invention also teaches using a hash table to immediately determine the destination of a data stream. An embodiment of the invention sends a data stream to a service provider. Another embodiment of the invention sends an XML data sub-stream to a destination determined by information contained in pre-registered tags.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

pre-registering tags and corresponding destinations to receive data associated with the pre-registered tags, wherein each destination is a computer system used by a service provider;

receiving a data stream from a plurality of users, wherein the data stream comprises a plurality of service requests from the plurality of users, wherein the data stream is processed as the data stream is being received, without the need to store the data stream;

scanning the data stream of service requests for a tag;

splitting the received data stream into sub-streams according to the pre-registered tags, each of the sub-streams comprising the associated data with each of the pre-registered tags;

sending each of the sub-streams with the associated data immediately to the pre-registered destination corresponding to the pre-registered tag of the sub-stream without further processing each of the sub-streams, wherein the splitting and sending occur continuously while the data stream is being received; and

communicating, by the service provider receiving the sub-stream, with each user to endeavor to solve a problem identified in each of the plurality of service requests of the user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data stream is an XML data stream.

3. A computer program product encoded in one or more non-transitory computer readable media, the computer product comprising:

a set of instructions, executable on one or more computer systems, configured to;

pre-register tags and corresponding destinations to receive data associated with the pre-registered tags, wherein each destination is a computer system used by a service provider;

receive a data stream from a plurality of users, wherein the data stream comprises a plurality of service requests from the plurality of users, and wherein the data stream is processed as the data stream is received, without the need to store the data stream;

scan the data stream of service requests for a tag;

split the received data stream into sub-streams according to the pre-registered tags, each of the sub-streams comprising the associated data with each of the pre-registered tags;

send each of the sub-streams with the associated data immediately to the pre-registered destination corresponding to the pre-registered tag of the sub-stream without further processing of each of the sub-streams, wherein the splitting and sending occur continuously while the data stream is being received; and

instruct the service provider receiving the sub-stream, to communicate with each user to endeavor to solve a problem identified in each of the plurality of service requests of the user.

4. The computer program product as recited in claim 3, wherein the data stream is an XML data stream.