State change alerts mechanism
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1. A communications system, comprising:
- multiple alert gates, each alert gate being configured to detect a different type of alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert; and
an alert multiplexer connected to the alert gates and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gates and to deliver the detected alerts over an open TCP connection to a client system associated with a user of the communications system.
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Abstract
A communications system including one or more alert gates and an alert controller. Each alert gate is configured to detect a different type of alert feed corresponding to a particular kind of alert. The alert controller is connected to the alert gates and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gates and to deliver the detected alerts to a user of the communications system.
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1. A communications system, comprising:
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multiple alert gates, each alert gate being configured to detect a different type of alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert; and an alert multiplexer connected to the alert gates and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gates and to deliver the detected alerts over an open TCP connection to a client system associated with a user of the communications system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 41, 47, 53, 54)
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23. A communications system, comprising:
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an alert gate configured to detect an alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert; an alert multiplexer connected to the alert gate and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gate and to deliver the detected alerts to a user of the communication system; and an instant messaging server connected to the alert multiplexer, the instant messaging server and the alert multiplexer being assigned to the user of the communications system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43)
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40. A communications method comprising:
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detecting, at an alert gate, an alert feed corresponding to an alert indicative of a change in state at a remote server; receiving, at an alert multiplexer, a detected alert from the alert gate; and delivering, by at least one computer, the detected alert over an open TCP connection to a client system associated with a user of the communication system who has requested to receive the alert. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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44. An instant messaging system with alert capabilities, the instant messaging system comprising:
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an alert gate configured to detect an alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert; an instant messaging server in communication with an alert multiplexer, the instant messaging server configured to enable a client system associated with a user of the communications system to establish an open TCP connection with the alert multiplexer; and the alert multiplexer connected to the alert gate and operable to receive a detected alert from the alert gate and send over the open TCP connection a message to the client system based on the detected alert. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 57, 58)
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