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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Brian D. Goodman, New Haven, CT (US);
Konrad C. Lagarde, Milford, CT (US);
Eben P. Stewart, Hamden, CT (US);
Michael Van Der Meulen, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Jessica Wu, Danbury, CT (US);
Brian D. Goodman, New Haven, CT (US);
Konrad C. Lagarde, Milford, CT (US);
Eben P. Stewart, Hamden, CT (US);
Michael Van Der Meulen, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Jessica Wu, Danbury, CT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Two way communication is provided in a one to many pub/sub environment. A community of users admitted to the community by subscription authorization receive messages (preferably Instant Messages) published from a requesting user. The request message is sent to a robot user (program application) that represents the community of users but appears to the community as simply another user. The robot user publishes the request message (using a pub/sub service) to the community of users. A user in the community of users receives messages to the community according to his personal message filter. The user responds to the requesting user with a response message. The response message includes information identifying the request message.