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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Andrew Stephen Marcus Edwards, Southampton, GB;
Andrew Ian Hickson, West Wellow, GB;
Martin Robert Holder, Southampton, GB;
Trevor Lobban, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Andrew Stephen Marcus Edwards, Southampton, GB;
Andrew Ian Hickson, West Wellow, GB;
Martin Robert Holder, Southampton, GB;
Trevor Lobban, Chandlers Ford, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Documents are published in a publish subscribe data processing system. A first document to be published may have an associated topic. The first document is retained as a retained document. A second document to be published is retained as the retained document in response to receiving the second document before a predetermined time interval has passed. A copy of the second document is sent to a subscriber of the topic. A copy of the retained document is sent to the subscriber of the topic in response to a determination that the predetermined time interval has passed.