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US 7,624,172 B1Granted
State change alerts mechanism
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorChristopher Emery Austin-Lane
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Abstract
A communications system including one or more alert gates and an alert controller. Each alert gate is configured to detect a different type of alert feed corresponding to a particular kind of alert. The alert controller is connected to the alert gates and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gates and to deliver the detected alerts to a user of the communications system.
Claims58
A communications system, comprising:
- multiple alert gates, each alert gate being configured to detect a different type of alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert;
- and
- an alert multiplexer connected to the alert gates and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gates and to deliver the detected alerts over an open TCP connection to a client system associated with a user of the communications system.
A communications system, comprising:
- an alert gate configured to detect an alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert;
- an alert multiplexer connected to the alert gate and operable to receive detected alerts from the alert gate and to deliver the detected alerts to a user of the communication system;
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- an instant messaging server connected to the alert multiplexer, the instant messaging server and the alert multiplexer being assigned to the user of the communications system.
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A communications method comprising:
- detecting, at an alert gate, an alert feed corresponding to an alert indicative of a change in state at a remote server;
- receiving, at an alert multiplexer, a detected alert from the alert gate;
- and
- delivering, by at least one computer, the detected alert over an open TCP connection to a client system associated with a user of the communication system who has requested to receive the alert.
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An instant messaging system with alert capabilities, the instant messaging system comprising:
- an alert gate configured to detect an alert feed corresponding to a particular type of alert;
- an instant messaging server in communication with an alert multiplexer, the instant messaging server configured to enable a client system associated with a user of the communications system to establish an open TCP connection with the alert multiplexer;
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- the alert multiplexer connected to the alert gate and operable to receive a detected alert from the alert gate and send over the open TCP connection a message to the client system based on the detected alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.