Access control for message channels in a messaging system
US9967203B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/214
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving one or more subscription requests, wherein each subscription request is received from a respective subscriber client and is for a respective channel, authorizing one or more of the subscription requests, wherein each authorized subscription request permits the subscriber client of the request to receive messages published to the channel of the request, receiving one or more messages for publication, wherein each message is received from a respective publisher client and is for publication on a respective channel, for each of the messages, placing the message in a respective buffer for the channel of the message, wherein the messages are present in the buffer during a finite time-to-live period for the buffer, and for one or more of the buffers, sending any messages in the buffer to subscriber clients that are authorized.
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