Notification services within a unified communications service

• US 20030131143A1
• Filed: 01/10/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Myers, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 7,143,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

A system and method for providing notification of significant events such as received or disposed of messages in a unified communication services network. Notifications are event based and may be filtered according to predetermined criteria. One or more event managers may, among other things, manage the receipt and dispersal of event notifications and pass the notifications to one or more notification handlers for dispersal of the notifications to subscribers.

Claims

1. A system for providing notification of events in a unified communications services network the system comprising:

an event filter in communication with an event generating process, wherein the event filter performs a first level filtering of notification of the event generated;

an event manager that receives the notification of the event from the event filter, and disperses the event; and

a notification handler that receives the notification of the event and disposes of the event.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on the event type.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on a priority level for the event.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of event generating processes and a plurality of notification handlers, and the event manager further comprises:

a registration manager that manages the registration of the plurality of notification handlers, and provides awareness of registered notification handlers to at least one of the plurality of event generating processes.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the registration manager maintains a list of currently registered notification handlers in a shared memory and wherein the plurality of event generating processes may query the list of currently registered notification handlers.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the notification handler performs a second level filtering of notification of the event.

7. A method for providing notification of events in a unified communications services network the method comprising:

enabling an event filter, in communication with an event generating process, to perform a first level filtering of notification of the event generated;

passing the notification of the event from the event filter to an event manager that receives and disperses the event; and

passing the notification of the event to a notification handler that receives the notification of the event and disposes of the event.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on the event type.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on a priority level for the event.

10. The method of claim 7 further wherein the unified communications services network comprises a plurality of event generating processes and a plurality of notification handlers, and the method further comprises:

enabling the event manager to manage the registration of the plurality of notification handlers, and provide awareness of registered notification handlers to at least one of the plurality of event generating processes.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

maintaining a list of currently registered notification handlers in a shared memory and wherein the plurality of event generating processes may query the list of currently registered notification handlers.

12. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

enabling the notification handler to perform a second level filtering of notification of the event.

13. A system for providing notification of events in a unified communications services network the system comprising:

event filter means for communicating with an event generating process, wherein the event filter means performs a first level filtering of notification of the event generated;

event manager means for receiving the notification of the event from the event filter means, and dispersing the event; and

notification handler means for receiving the notification of the event and disposing of the event.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on the event ID type.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on a priority level for the event.

16. The system of claim 13 further comprising a plurality of event generating processes and a plurality of notification handler means, and the event manager means further comprises:

registration manager means for managing the registration of the plurality of notification handler means, and provides awareness of registered notification handler means to at least one of the plurality of event generating processes.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the registration manager means maintains a list of currently registered notification handler means in a shared memory and wherein the plurality of event generating processes may query the list of currently registered notification handler means.

18. The system of claim 13 wherein the notification handler means performs a second level filtering of notification of the event.

19. A processor readable medium having process readable code embodied therein for enabling a processor to provide notification of events in a unified communications services network the processor readable medium comprising:

processor readable code for enabling an event filter, in communication with an event generating process, to perform a first level filtering of notification of the event generated;

processor readable code for passing the notification of the event from the event filter to an event manager that receives and disperses the event; and

processor readable code for passing the notification of the event to a notification handler that receives the notification of the event and disposes of the event.

20. The processor readable medium of claim 19 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on the event type.

21. The processor readable medium of claim 19 wherein the first level filtering is performed based on a priority level for the event.

22. The processor readable medium of claim 19 wherein the unified communications services network comprises a plurality of event generating processes and a plurality of notification handlers, the processor readable medium further comprises:

processor readable code for enabling the event manager to manage the registration of the plurality of notification handlers, and provide awareness of registered notification handlers to at least one of the plurality of event generating processes.

23. The processor readable medium of claim 22 further comprising:

processor readable code for maintaining a list of currently registered notification handlers in a shared memory and wherein the plurality of event generating processes may query the list of currently registered notification handlers.

24. The processor readable medium of claim 19 further comprising:

processor readable code for enabling the notification handler to perform a second level filtering of notification of the event.