Delivering certified messages to message servers

• US 7,991,845 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Issued: 08/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Wilson, Michael, Vogel, Inna, Quick, Ryan, Lockert, Thorsten, Quaintance, Chris, Musick, Chad
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder; Patrice L
• Application Number:
  US11/960,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20080098406A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,322 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/207, 709/213, 709/236
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting

Abstract

A method and a system for delivering certified messages to message servers are provided. In example embodiments, a message request including message information may be received from an application. The message information may identify a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields. The message information may be sent in a certified message to a queuing system for storage in a data store. A confirmation that the message information has been stored in the data store may be sent to the application.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

receiving message information from an application, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields, the certified message being transmitted on a certified bus, the certified bus to make multiple attempts to deliver the certified message to the queuing system before an expiration of a time limit associated with the certified message;

sending the message information in a certified message to a queuing system for storage in a data store; and

returning to the application a confirmation that the message information has been stored in the data store.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, including receiving a failure notification after a failure of the multiple attempts to deliver the certified message before the expiration of the time limit.

3. The computerized method of claim 1 including publishing the message information in a category for access by a message server subscribing to the category.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, including deleting the message information from the data store after a pre-defined period of time.

5. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the message information is received within a message request, the message request comprising a templated message request including a plurality of variables and a value for at least one of the plurality of variables.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the message template includes:

a plurality of sub-templates; and

a command to select one of the plurality of sub-templates based on parameters included in the message request by the application.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving message information from an application, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields, the certified message being transmitted on a certified bus, the certified bus to make multiple attempts to deliver the certified message to the queuing system before an expiration of a time limit associated with the certified message;

sending the message information in a certified message to a queuing system for storage in a data store; and

returning to the application a confirmation that the message information has been stored.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method includes deleting the message information from the data store upon successful transmission by the message server.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method further includes:

storing the message information in a secondary data store; and

deleting the message information from the secondary data store when the message information is successfully delivered to the queuing system.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the message information is received within a message request, the message request comprising a templated message request including a plurality of variables and a value for at least one of the plurality of variables.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the message template includes:

a plurality of sub-templates; and

a command to select one of the plurality of sub-templates based on parameters included in the message request by the application.

12. A system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory through a bus;

a network interface coupled to the processor through the bus, the network interface to couple to a queuing system that manages a data store accessible by a message server; and

the processor to execute a message process from the memory to cause the processor to;

receive message information from an application, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields,

send the message information in a certified message to the queuing system to store the message information in the data store, the certified message to be transmitted on a certified bus, the certified bus to make multiple attempts to deliver the certified message to the queuing system before an expiration of a time limit associated with the certified message; and

return to the application a confirmation that the message information has been stored in the data store.

13. The system of claim 12, including a secondary data store coupled to the processor through the bus, and wherein the message process further causes the processor to store the message information in the secondary data store, and to delete the message information from the secondary data store when the message information is successfully delivered to the queuing system.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the message process further causes the processor to categorize the message information for publication by the queuing system.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the message information is received within a message request, the message request comprising a templated message request including a plurality of variables and a value for at least one of the plurality of variables.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the message template includes:

a plurality of sub-templates; and

a command to select one of the plurality of sub-templates based on parameters included in the message request by the application.

17. A messaging system comprising:

a message database server coupled to a queuing system through a certified message bus, wherein the message database server sends message information received from an application to the queuing system in a certified message, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database coupled to the message database server using an identifier comprising multiple fields, and the queuing system stores the message information in the certified message in a data store, wherein the certified message bus attempts to deliver the certified message to the queuing system until a time limit associated with the certified message expires; and

a message server coupled to the queuing system through a message bus to access the message information in the data store for transmission.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the message database server further stores the message information in a secondary data store coupled to the message database server and deletes the message information from the secondary data store when the certified message is successfully delivered to the queuing system.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the queuing system publishes the message information in a category and the message server accesses the message information by subscribing to the category.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the queuing system deletes the message information from the data store upon successful transmission by the message server.

21. The system of claim 17 wherein the message information is received within a message request, the message request comprising a templated message request including a plurality of variables and a value for at least one of the plurality of variables.

22. A system comprising:

means for receiving message information from an application, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields;

mean for sending the message information in a certified message to a queuing system for storage in a data store, the certified message to be transmitted on a certified bus, the certified bus to make multiple attempts to deliver the certified message to the queuing system before an expiration of a time limit associated with the certified message;

means for receiving a failure notification after a failure of the attempts to deliver the certified message before the expiration of the time limit; and

means for returning to the application a confirmation that the message information has been stored in the data store.

23. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which when implemented by one or more processors perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving message information from an application, the message information identifying a message template in a message template database using an identifier comprising multiple fields;

sending the message information in a certified message to a queuing system for storage in a data store;

storing the message information in a secondary data store;

returning to the application a confirmation that the message information has been stored; and

deleting the message information from the secondary data store when the message information is successfully delivered to the queuing system.