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Publish and subscribe data processing with ability to specify a local publication/subscription

US6202093A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1999
Grant dateMar 13, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99936
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A publishing data processing method for use in a publish/subscribe data processing broker network having a plurality of broker data processing apparatuses each of which has an input for receiving published messages directly from a publisher application and/or receiving subscription data directly from a subscriber application, the method includes steps of: Publishing a message on a topic to a first broker data processing apparatus; and providing an indication as to whether the published data message is to be considered as local to the first broker apparatus. Also included are an analogous subscribing data processing method, an analogous broker data processing method, apparatuses and computer program products.

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