Performing an operation on a message received from a publish/subscribe service

• US 20050267896A1
• Filed: 08/05/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lagarde, Konrad C., Jania, Frank, Goodman, Brian D., Shu, Chen, Meulen, Michael Van Der
• Granted Patent: US 7,720,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

A client subscribes to a pub/sub service, the client comprises an application program for performing an operation on a published message received from a Pub/Sub service. The operation on the message comprises any one of saving the message to storage, accessing a web service based on information in the received message, authorizing subscription, executing an application identified by the message, filtering the message information for presentation to a user, overriding a message function, transforming the message media format or forwarding the message to another node.

Claims

1. A method for performing an operation on a pub/sub message, the method comprising the steps of:

a client subscribing to receive messages from a pub/sub service;

receiving at the client a message published by the pub/sub service;

providing the received message to a client application program running at the client computer; and

the application program performing a first operation on the received message.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the first operation consists of any one of the steps of:

filtering the message information for presentation to a user;

saving the message to storage;

accessing a web service based on information in the received message;

authorizing the subscription;

executing an application identified by the message;

overriding a message function;

transforming the message media format;

or

forwarding the message to another node.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the message is any one of an instant message, a digital file, an automated agent or an email message.

4. The method according to claim 2 comprising the further steps of:

performing a second Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating the first operation based on the results of the second Boolean operation.

5. The method according to claim 2 wherein the transforming the message media format consists of transforming the message from a form consisting of any one of:

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form consisting of any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the message comprises a subscriber authorizing agent for authorizing the subscription to receive messages from the pub/sub service.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the message comprises a program application module for execution at the client computer.

8. The method according to claim 2 wherein the message is forwarded to another node consisting of any one of a computer, a telephone, a radio or a television.

9. A computer program product for performing an operation on a pub/sub message, the computer program product comprising:

a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

a client subscribing to receive messages from a pub/sub service;

receiving at the client a message published by the pub/sub service;

providing the received message to a client application program running at the client computer; and

the application program performing a first operation on the received message.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9 wherein the first operation consists of any one of the steps of:

filtering the message information for presentation to a user;

saving the message to storage;

accessing a web service based on information in the received message;

authorizing the subscription;

executing an application identified by the message;

overriding a message function;

transforming the message media format;

or

forwarding the message to another node.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9 wherein the message is any one of an instant message, a digital file, an automated agent or an email message.

12. The computer program product according to claim 10 comprising the further steps of:

performing a second Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating the first operation based on the results of the second Boolean operation.

13. The computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the transforming the message media format consists of transforming the message from a form consisting of any one of:

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form consisting of any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.

14. The computer program product according to claim 9 wherein the message comprises a subscriber authorizing agent for authorizing the subscription to receive messages from the pub/sub service.

15. The computer program product according to claim 9 wherein the message comprises a program application module for execution at the client computer.

16. The computer program product according to claim 10 wherein the message is forwarded to another node consisting of any one of a computer, a telephone, a radio or a television.

17. A system for performing an operation on a pub/sub message, the system comprising:

a network;

a client system in communication with the network;

a pub/sub service in communication with the network, wherein the system includes instructions to execute a method comprising the steps of;

the client subscribing to receive messages from a pub/sub service;

receiving at the client a message published by the pub/sub service;

providing the received message to a client application program running at the client computer; and

the application program performing a first operation on the received message.

18. The system according to claim 17 wherein the first operation consists of any one of the steps of:

filtering the message information for presentation to a user;

saving the message to storage;

accessing a web service based on information in the received message;

authorizing the subscription;

executing an application identified by the message;

overriding a message function;

transforming the message media format;

or

forwarding the message to another node.

19. The system according to claim 17 wherein the message is any one of an instant message, a digital file, an automated agent or an email message.

20. The system according to claim 18 comprising the further steps of:

performing a second Boolean operation on text fields of the message; and

initiating the first operation based on the results of the second Boolean operation;

wherein the transforming the message media format consists of transforming the message from a form consisting of any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image;

to a form consisting of any one of;

encrypted, decrypted compressed, decompressed, text, audio, video or image.