Method and apparatus for providing customized subscription data

A method for providing customized subscription information comprising:

• receiving in a publisher service a notification of a subscription related to a resource;
• creating a profile associated with the notification of the subscription, the profile created using a characteristic of the notification of the subscription;
• using the profile to generate customized information related to the resource, the customized information based on the characteristic;
• and
• sending the customized information to a publish/subscribe service for delivery to a subscriber associated with the subscription.

A publishing system for providing customized subscription information, the system comprising:

• a resource;
• and
• a publisher service associated with the resource, wherein the publisher service comprises:
• a publisher application configured to generate customized information related to the resource;
• and
• a resource agent component coupled to the publisher application, the resource agent component configured to receive a notification of a subscription for information related to the resource, to receive customized information based on a characteristic of the notification from the publisher application, and to send the customized information to a publish/subscribe service for delivery to a subscriber associated with the subscription;
• wherein the publisher application is further configured to create a profile associated with the subscription based on the characteristic of the notification.

A computer readable medium including a computer program for providing customized subscription data, the computer program comprising instructions executable in a service for:

• receiving a subscription request for a tuple via a publish/subscribe protocol from a subscriber;
• sending a first message related to the subscription request to a publisher capable of providing customized information associated with the tuple, wherein the customized information is based on a characteristic of the first message;
• receiving from the publisher a second message including the customized information;
• in response to receiving the second message, constructing a notification including the customized information;
• and
• using the publish/subscribe protocol to send the notification including the customized information to the subscriber.