US 2014/0006514 A1Published application

Distribution of xml documents/messages to xml appliances/routers

AssigneeRockstar Consortium US LP

InventorPeter Ashwood Smith

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

XML appliances/routers may be organized to implement one or more XML distribution rings to enable XML documents/messages to be distributed efficiently. The rings may be logical or physical. The XML distribution rings enable the XML documents/messages to be exchanged without requiring the XML appliances/routers to run a routing protocol to determine how XML documents/messages should be distributed through the network. Documents may be transmitted in one way on the ring or may be transmitted in both directions around the ring to enable the ring to tolerate failure of an XML appliance/router. Each XML appliance/router will receive all XML documents/messages and will make routing decisions for those clients that have provided the XML appliance/router with XML subscriptions. The subscriptions may be formed according to the XPath standard or in another manner.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A network of XML appliances/routers for distributing XML documents/messages, the network comprising:

a plurality of XML appliances/routers implemented as processes in separate physical computer systems and configured:
to make XML routing decisions for XML documents/messages by applying XML subscription information to the XML documents/messages;
and
to forward the XML documents/messages toward subscribing clients according to the XML subscription information submitted by the subscribing clients, subsets of the subscribing clients being coupled to the XML appliances/routers via respective originating XML appliances/routers;
and
a plurality of communication links interconnecting the plurality of XML appliances/routers in at least one distribution ring established for the distribution of XML documents/messages between the XML appliances/routers, the at least one distribution ring comprising a plurality of the XML appliances/routers arranged serially in a ring and configured to transmit XML documents/messages from XML appliance/router to XML appliance/router around the ring;
wherein:
respective originating XML appliances/routers are configured to transmit/publish XML documents/messages onto the ring;
and
the XML appliances/routers on the distribution ring are configured:
to receive XML subscription information from a respective subset of subscribing clients;
to locally apply the subscription information to each XML document/message received on the distribution ring;
to select XML documents/messages to be forwarded toward its subset of subscribing clients without exchanging XML subscription information between the XML appliances/routers;
and
to forward the selected XML documents/messages toward subscribing clients according to the XML subscription information submitted by subscribing clients.

12 more elements

A method of distributing XML documents/messages in a network of XML appliances/routers, the network of XML appliances/routers comprising XML appliances/routers implemented as processes in separate physical computer systems interconnected by physical communication links, the XML/appliances routers being configured to make XML routing decisions for XML documents/messages by applying XML subscription information to the XML documents/messages, and the XML appliances/routers being configured to forward the XML documents/messages toward subscribing clients according to the XML subscription information submitted by the subscribing clients, the subscribing clients being network elements other than the XML appliances/routers, the method comprising:

establishing two distribution rings in the network of XML appliances/routers for the distribution of XML documents/messages between the XML appliances/routers, each distribution ring comprising a respective plurality of the XML appliances/routers arranged serially in a respective ring and configured to transmit the XML documents/messages from XML appliance/router to XML appliance/router around the ring, at least one XML appliance/router being common to the two distribution rings;
coupling subsets of subscribing clients to XML appliances/routers on the distribution ring via respective originating XML appliances/routers;
enabling the respective originating XML appliances/routers to transmit/publish XML documents/messages onto the ring;
and
operating the XML appliances/routers on the distribution ring:
to receive XML subscription information from a respective subset of subscribing clients;
to locally apply the subscription information to each XML document/message received on the distribution ring;
to select XML documents/messages to be forwarded toward its subset of subscribing clients without exchanging XML subscription information between the XML appliances/routers;
and
to forward the selected XML documents/messages toward subscribing clients according to the XML subscription information submitted by subscribing clients, the at least one XML appliance/router that is common to the two distribution rings being operated to forward an XML document/message received on one of the two distribution rings on both of the two distribution rings.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/019,608Filed 6 Sep 2013
Priority: 30 Aug 2006
Published: 2 Jan 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 41/0266
Exchanging or transporting network management information using the Internet; Embedding network management web servers in network elements;…:…
H04L 41/34
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: signalling channels for…
G06F 16/80
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of semi-structured data, e.g. markup language structured…
H04L 41/0213
Standardisation; Integration: standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]

Family

Application11/512,854Continuation · filed 30 Aug 2006
Application13/679,276Continuation · filed 16 Nov 2012
Application14/019,608Continuation
US 2008/0059651 A1Published application
US 2013/0073616 A1Published application
US 8,321,507 B2Related patent
US 8,533,267 B2Related patent
US 8,838,692 B2Related patent
US 2014/0006514 A1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.