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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2006
Applicants:

Renee M. Kovales, Cary, NC (US);

Andrew N. Capella, Cary, NC (US);

Mary A. Curran, Apex, NC (US);

Haim Schneider, St. Ramot Meir, IL;

Robert J. Sundstrom, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Renee M. Kovales, Cary, NC (US);

Andrew N. Capella, Cary, NC (US);

Mary A. Curran, Apex, NC (US);

Haim Schneider, St. Ramot Meir, IL;

Robert J. Sundstrom, Cary, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first data store is provided for storing individual subscriptions, including match criteria and an action specification. A second data store is also provided for storing group subscriptions, including a use counter and a list of pointers to the individual subscriptions. When a new individual subscription is submitted, it is registered/stored in the individual subscription data store. Upon registration, its criteria are checked against the criteria of existing subscriptions in the group subscription data store. If there is a match, a use counter corresponding to the matching group subscription is incremented, and a pointer is added to a list of pointers to associate the matching group subscription with the individual subscription. If there is not a match, a new group subscription is added to the group subscription data store, and the group subscription is registered with the pub/sub engine. A use counter corresponding to the group subscription is incremented, and a pointer is added to a list of pointers.


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