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GUI interface for subscribers to subscribe to topics of messages published by a Pub/Sub service

US7831670B2 · kind B2 · utility

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46References

27Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Brian D. Goodman · New Haven, US
Frank L. Jania · Chapel Hill, US
Konrad Lagarde · Milford, US
Chen Shu · Oakville, US
Michael Van Der Meulen · Woodbridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 2005
Grant date	Nov 9, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/56
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Presenting a Pub/Sub service GUI interface to a subscribers computer system, the GUI interface comprising one or more topics to which the subscriber can subscribe, the Pub/sub service having a list of subscribers subscribing to a topic. The GUI interface preferably comprising widgets, enabling a subscriber to manage subscriptions to topics. The Pub/Sub service publishes messages of a topic according to the subscription list.

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