Extended message rule architecture

Details Extended message rule architecture Extended message rule architecture

2004-05-24

2010-10-19

Vaughn, Jr., William C (Department: 2444)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Demand based messaging

C709S231000, C709S236000, C709S246000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07818377

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments provide for extending the architecture of a legacy messaging system that otherwise communicates message rules to a client as rows in a rule table. Due to architectural limitations of some messaging systems, rules larger than a specified size are prevented from being streamed between a server and a client. Example embodiments provides for extended rules that represent a combination of conditions, actions or exceptions to be performed on messages and are created by a client as message objects. Because they are created by a client as message objects, rather than rows on a table, the extended rules are allowed to be streamed between the client and server, thus extending the architecture of a legacy messaging system. The client also sets a property value on the message object created, thereby allowing the server to identify the message object as including the extended rule. The system, however, still supports legacy clients.

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