Meta broker for publish-subscribe-based messaging

US10645181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP SE · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Hoffner · Östringen, DE
• Dirk Sabiwalsky · Sandhausen, DE
• Timur Fichter · Schwetzingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 2016
• Grant date: May 5, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/55
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A messaging meta broker gateway for publish-subscribe messaging environments can provide connectivity, message routing, and subscription management between large numbers of clients and large numbers of brokers. The messaging meta broker gateway can provide access to large numbers of brokers to a client through a single connection. To a broker, the messaging meta broker gateway provides extremely wide fan-in and fan-out to gateway clients. To a service provider, the messaging meta broker gateway is a single system providing easy scaling with lightweight replication of instances, and shared, private, or virtual messaging environments supporting multiple customers and applications. The meta broker gateway can also connect gateway clients with other clients of the brokers, and also with archiving facilities. Protocol translation, security, and statistics logging are supported. The messaging meta broker gateway is suitable for cloud-based Internet-of-Things environments.