Techniques for event filtering

• US 8,850,453 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Hongzhen, Rabe, Bruce R., Joyce, Scott E., Schutzman, Neil F., Chen, Pauline
• Primary Examiner(s): Sough, H S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yun, Carina
• Application Number:
  US12/924,571
• Time in Patent Office: 1,461 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Described are techniques for event notification. A first notification about a first event is received. A timer is set to an amount of time. Processing waits until an occurrence of either receiving a second notification of a second event or expiration of said timer indicating that the amount of time has lapsed. It is determined whether the amount of time has lapsed or whether the second notification has been received. If the expiration time has lapsed, notification of the first event is provided, and otherwise, if the second notification has been received prior to the amount of time lapsing, the timer is reset and processing waits for an occurrence of either receiving a next notification of an event or expiration of the timer indicating that the amount of time has lapsed.

Claims

1. A method for event notification comprising:

receiving, using a processor, a first notification at a filtering service module about a first event;

setting, using a processor, a timer to an amount of time in response to receiving the first notification about the first event;

waiting until an earlier occurrence of either receiving, by the filtering service module, a second notification of a second event prior to said amount of time elapsing, or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service module receiving said second notification;

determining, using a processor, whether said amount of time has elapsed prior to receiving said second notification by the filtering service module or whether said second notification has been received by the filtering service module prior to said amount of time elapsing, wherein if said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service module receiving the second notification, notification of said first event is provided by the filtering service module to a subscriber, and otherwise, if said second notification has been received by the filtering service module prior to said amount of time elapsing, resetting said timer and waiting for an occurrence of either the filtering service module receiving a next notification of an event or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed since the filtering service module received a notification of an event occurrence, and

wherein a plurality of notifications about a plurality of events are received by the filtering service module, a temporal distance between any two consecutive ones of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service module is less than said amount of time, and said amount of time elapses after the filtering service module receives a last one of the plurality of notifications, the method further comprising;

firing, using a processor, an event notification from the filtering service module to said subscriber about only the last one of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service module after said amount of time elapses without the filtering service module receiving a next notification of an event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first event and said second event are associated with the same subscription criteria.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said subscription criteria includes a category identifying an event category.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said subscription criteria includes a plurality of subcategories for said category.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a publisher publishes said first notification and said second notification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said first event has a first category and notification of said first event is provided to said subscriber previously registered to receive notifications about events of said first category.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said first event has a subcategory and notification of said first event is provided to said subscriber previously registered to receive notifications about events having said first category and said subcategory.

8. A system comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium including code stored thereon which, when executed, function as:

a publisher of event notifications;

a message service that receives said event notifications from said publisher;

a filtering service which receives said event notifications from said message service, said filtering service having a timer indicating an amount of time;

a subscriber which receives a portion of said event notifications from said filtering service in accordance with subscription criteria, and

wherein said filtering service further comprises code for;

receiving a first event notification at said filtering service about a first event in accordance with said subscription criteria;

setting said timer to said amount of time in response to receiving the first event notification about the first event;

waiting until an earlier occurrence of either receiving, by the filtering service, a second event notification of a second event in accordance with said subscription criteria prior to said amount of time elapsing or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service receiving the second event notification;

determining whether said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service receiving said second event notification or whether said second event notification has been received by the filtering service prior to said amount of time elapsing, wherein if said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service receiving the second event notification, notification of said first event is provided by the filtering service to said subscriber, and otherwise, if said second event notification has been received by the filtering service prior to said amount of time elapsing, resetting said timer and waiting for an occurrence of either the filtering service receiving a next notification of an event or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed since the filtering service received a notification of an event occurrence, and

wherein a plurality of notifications about a plurality of events having said subscription criteria are received by the filtering service, a temporal distance between any two consecutive ones of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service is less than said amount of time, and said amount of time elapses after the filtering service receives a last one of the plurality of notifications, the filtering service further comprising code for;

firing an event notification from the filtering service to said subscriber about only the last one of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service after said amount of time elapses without the filtering service receiving a next notification of an event.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said subscription criteria includes a category indicating a category of events.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said category is associated with one or more subcategories and said subscription criteria includes one or more of said subcategories.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said subscriber subscribes to said filtering service and said filtering service subscribes to said message service on behalf of said subscriber.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein, when said subscriber subscribes to said filtering service, said subscriber specifies said subscription criteria identifying events about which said subscriber is to be notified.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein, when said subscriber subscribes to said filtering service, said subscriber specifies said amount of time for said timer.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code stored thereon for event notification, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code for:

receiving, using a processor, a first notification at a filtering service module about a first event;

setting, using a processor, a timer to an amount of time in response to receiving the first notification about the first event;

waiting until an earlier occurrence of either receiving, by the filtering service module, a second notification of a second event prior to said amount of time elapsing, or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service module receiving said second notification;

determining, using a processor, whether said amount of time has elapsed prior to receiving said second notification by the filtering service module or whether said second notification has been received by the filtering service module prior to said amount of time elapsing, wherein if said amount of time has elapsed prior to the filtering service module receiving the second notification, notification of said first event is provided by the filtering service module to a subscriber, and otherwise, if said second notification has been received by the filtering service module prior to said amount of time elapsing, resetting said timer and waiting for an occurrence of either the filtering service module receiving a next notification of an event or expiration of said timer indicating that said amount of time has elapsed since the filtering service module received a notification of an event occurrence, and

wherein a plurality of notifications about a plurality of events are received by the filtering service module, a temporal distance between any two consecutive ones of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service module is less than said amount of time, and said amount of time elapses after the filtering service module receives a last one of the plurality of notifications, the method further comprising;

firing, using a processor, an event notification from the filtering service module to said subscriber about only the last one of the plurality of notifications received by the filtering service module after said amount of time elapses without the filtering service module receiving a next notification of an event.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein each notification in said plurality has an associated category and subcategory which matches subscription criteria of a subscriber.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein said amount of time is a time period specified in connection with a subscription registration or otherwise provided using a default value.