Method and apparatus for a publish-subscribe system with templates for role-based view of subscriptions
First Claim
1. A method for notifying one or more users of information, said information having a plurality of attributes, said method comprising:
- building a plurality of subscribable objects to provide to one or more users, wherein the users register their interests with a subscription server through a subscription portal that enables users to create, modify, and delete interests, wherein each of the subscribable objects is built based upon one or more predefined templates, and wherein each the predefined templates identifies required attributes and optional attributes corresponding to roles assigned to the users;
providing the plurality of subscribable objects to one or more of said users, each of said subscribable objects comprising one or more of said plurality of attributes as required attributes and zero or more of said attributes as optional attributes;
receiving a subscription request from one or more of said users based on at least one of said subscribable objects; and
generating a subscription in response to the subscription request, the subscription including one or more escalations, each escalation being based on based on one or more of a failure of a notification of a subscriber in the subscription and a failure to notify anyone of a request.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for notifying one or more users of information having a plurality of attributes. A plurality of subscribable objects are provided to one or more users, where each subscribable object comprises one or more attributes as required attributes and zero or more of the attributes as optional attributes. Subscription requests are received from one or more of the users based on at least one of the subscribable objects. The subscribable objects are based, for example, on a set of predefined templates. The predefined templates identify each of the plurality of attributes as a required attribute or an optional attribute. Each of the attributes is presented to a user using a display format selected based on a cardinality of the corresponding attribute.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for notifying one or more users of information, said information having a plurality of attributes, said method comprising:
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building a plurality of subscribable objects to provide to one or more users, wherein the users register their interests with a subscription server through a subscription portal that enables users to create, modify, and delete interests, wherein each of the subscribable objects is built based upon one or more predefined templates, and wherein each the predefined templates identifies required attributes and optional attributes corresponding to roles assigned to the users; providing the plurality of subscribable objects to one or more of said users, each of said subscribable objects comprising one or more of said plurality of attributes as required attributes and zero or more of said attributes as optional attributes; receiving a subscription request from one or more of said users based on at least one of said subscribable objects; and generating a subscription in response to the subscription request, the subscription including one or more escalations, each escalation being based on based on one or more of a failure of a notification of a subscriber in the subscription and a failure to notify anyone of a request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for notifying one or more users of information, said information having a plurality of attributes, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to; build a plurality of subscribable objects to provide to one or more users, wherein the users register their interests with a subscription server through a subscription portal that enables users to create, modify, and delete interests, wherein each of the subscribable objects is built based upon one or more predefined templates, and wherein each the predefined templates identifies required attributes and optional attributes corresponding to roles assigned to the users; provide the plurality of subscribable objects to one or more of said users, each of said subscribable objects comprising one or more of said plurality of attributes as required attributes and zero or more of said attributes as optional attributes; receive a subscription request from one or more of said users based on at least one of said subscribable objects; and generating a subscription in response to the subscription request, the subscription including one or more escalations, each escalation being based on based on one or more of a failure of a notification of a subscriber in the subscription and a failure to notify anyone of a request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture for notifying one or more users of information, said information having a plurality of attributes, comprising a nontransitory machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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building a plurality of subscribable objects to provide to one or more users, wherein the users register their interests with a subscription server through a subscription portal that enables users to create, modify, and delete interests, wherein each of the subscribable objects is built based upon one or more predefined templates, and wherein each the predefined templates identifies required attributes and optional attributes corresponding to roles assigned to the users; providing the plurality of subscribable objects to one or more of said users, each of said subscribable objects comprising one or more of said plurality of attributes as required attributes and zero or more of said attributes as optional attributes; receiving a subscription request from one or more of said users based on at least one of said subscribable objects; and generating a subscription in response to the subscription request, the subscription including one or more escalations, each escalation being based on based on one or more of a failure of a notification of a subscriber in the subscription and a failure to notify anyone of a request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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