System and method for enabling real-time eventing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10270734-B2
Application number	US-201815936670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	Jun 25, 2010
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A method and system for real-time eventing including interacting with at least one configuration attribute according to instructions specified through an application programming interface (API); adding subscribers for an event channel; generating an event from operation of an application; publishing the event message to the event channel on an event router; processing the event message according to the at least one configuration attribute; identifying a subscriber to the event channel; and sending the event from the event router to the subscriber.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a first event subscription request from a first subscriber, and receiving a second event subscription request from a second subscriber, the first event subscription request being for occurrence of a first type of event and the second event subscription being for occurrence of a second type of event, the first type of event being different than the second type of event;
in response to receiving the first event subscription request and the second event subscription request, subscribing the first subscriber to a first event channel for the first type of event, and subscribing the second subscriber to a second event channel for the second type of event, the first event channel being associated with a first event processing attribute dictating a first sequence for processing events of the first type;
receiving a first event message from an authenticated publisher system, the first event message indicating an occurrence of the first type of event during operation of an application;
in response to receiving the first event message, processing the first type of event according to the first sequence dictated by the first event processing attribute, yielding a first processed event message, the first sequence specifies routing the first event message to the second event channel; and
sending the processed event message to the first subscriber as a result of the first subscriber being subscribed to the first event channel, and sending the first event message to the second subscriber as a result of the first event processing attribute and the second subscriber being subscribed to the second event channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the first event message, identifying a set of subscribers that are subscribed to the first event channel, the set of subscribers including the first subscriber.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from at least one subscriber system, the first event processing attribute, the first event processing attribute received via an application programming interface (API).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authenticated publisher system generates the first event message responsive to the occurrence of the first type of event during operation of the application.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from the authenticated publisher system via an API.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from an external developer system via an API.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from a subscriber system via an API.

8. An event router system comprising:
one or more computer processors; and
one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the event router system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first event subscription request from a first subscriber, and receiving a second event subscription request from a second subscriber, the first event subscription request being for occurrence of a first type of event and the second event subscription being for occurrence of a second type of event, the first type of event being different than the second type of event;
in response to receiving the first event subscription request and the second event subscription request, subscribing the first subscriber to a first event channel for the first type of event, and subscribing the second subscriber to a second event channel for the second type of event, the first event channel being associated with a first event processing attribute dictating a first sequence for processing events of the first type;
receiving a first event message from an authenticated publisher system, the first event message indicating an occurrence of the first type of event during operation of an application;
in response to receiving the first event message, processing the first type of event according to the first sequence dictated by the first event processing attribute, yielding a first processed event message, the first sequence specifies routing the first event message to the second event channel; and
sending the processed event message to the first subscriber as a result of the first subscriber being subscribed to the first event channel, and sending the first event message to the second subscriber as a result of the first event processing attribute and the second subscriber being subscribed to the second event channel.

9. The event router system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
in response to receiving the first event message, identifying a set of subscribers that are subscribed to the first event channel, the set of subscribers including the first subscriber.

10. The event router system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
receiving, from at least one subscriber system the first event processing attribute, the first event processing attribute received via an application programming interface (API).

11. The event router system of claim 8 , wherein the authenticated publisher system generates the first event message responsive to the occurrence of the first type of event during operation of the application.

12. The event router system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from the authenticated publisher system via an API.

13. The event router system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from an external developer system via an API.

14. The event router system of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:
receiving at least one routing attribute from a subscriber system via an API.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of an event router system, cause the event router system to perform operations comprising:
receiving a first event subscription request from a first subscriber, and receiving a second event subscription request from a second subscriber, the first event subscription request being for occurrence of a first type of event and the second event subscription being for occurrence of a second type of event, the first type of event being different than the second type of event;
in response to receiving the first event subscription request and the second event subscription request, subscribing the first subscriber to a first event channel for the first type of event, and subscribing the second subscriber to a second event channel for the second type of event, the first event channel being associated with a first event processing attribute dictating a first sequence for processing events of the first type;
receiving a first event message from an authenticated publisher system, the first event message indicating an occurrence of the first type of event during operation of an application;
in response to receiving the first event message, processing the first type of event according to the first sequence dictated by the first event processing attribute, yielding a first processed event message, the first sequence specifies routing the first event message to the second event channel; and
sending the processed event message to the first subscriber as a result of the first subscriber being subscribed to the first event channel, and sending the first event message to the second subscriber as a result of the first event processing attribute and the second subscriber being subs

Assignees

• Twilio Inc

Inventors

• Lawson Jeffrey
• Wolthuis John
• Cooke Evan
• Comer Jeffrey

Classifications

• G06F2209/544

  Remote · CPC title

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• H04L51/32 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/214

  using selective forwarding · CPC title