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Subscription and notification with database technology

US6826560B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2000
Grant dateNov 30, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention teaches in general how to efficiently exploit active database technology and extensible database technology, i.e. triggers and user-defined functions for processing subscriptions. According to a first aspect of the present invention it is proposed to aggregate all subscriptions on a certain table, or more generally of a plurality of tables, into a single trigger on this table or tables, respectively. This will dramatically improve the trigger-based efficiency. According to a second aspect of the present invention it is proposed to deliver the information a subscriber has registered for directly out of the database systems address space via appropriate user defined functions which is another source of efficiency improvement.

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