Mediating creation and use of channels of a publish-subscribe service
US11196706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 16, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 7, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2040 |
Classification
- 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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