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Mediating creation and use of channels of a publish-subscribe service

US11196706B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2019
Grant dateDec 7, 2021
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/046
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises storing, in one or more data repositories, a plurality of channel records, each channel record including a channel identification (ID) and channel status indicator; receiving, at a computing device, a join request for a client account to join a channel, the join request including a first channel ID; determining whether a channel record of the plurality of channel records stored in the one or more data repositories includes a channel ID that matches the first channel ID; in response to determining that each channel record of the plurality of channel records does not include a channel ID that matches the first channel ID, creating and storing, in the one or more data repositories, a first channel record that includes: the first channel ID and a channel status indicator set to active; receiving, at the computing device, a first notification from a programmed message transport service that a channel corresponding to the first channel ID is set to inactive; in response to receiving the first notification, updating the channel status indicator of the first channel record in the one or more data repositories to indicate that the c…

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