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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Brian D. Goodman, New Haven, CT (US);
Frank Jania, Norwalk, CT (US);
Konrad C. Lagarde, Milford, CT (US);
Chen Shu, Oakville, CT (US);
Michael Van Der Meulen, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Inventors:
Brian D. Goodman, New Haven, CT (US);
Frank Jania, Norwalk, CT (US);
Konrad C. Lagarde, Milford, CT (US);
Chen Shu, Oakville, CT (US);
Michael Van Der Meulen, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Electronic messages are published through a pub/sub service to subscribing clients. Client applications filter incoming messages according to user predefined criteria, only presenting messages to the user that pass filtering criteria. Messages are preferably Instant Messages transmitted in a SOAP protocol.