CN1267864A - Information agency providing for publishing and subscribing service and method for processing information in publishing and subscribing circumstances - Google Patents
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Abstract
Provided is a message broker supporting a publish/subscribe service. The broker is adapted to identify, characteristics of the content of messages received from publisher application programs and to use the identification of message content characteristics to determine, which of a set of message handler modules to pass the message to. The selected message handler module processes the message and then one or more derived messages are sent, to subscribers for which this message type or message content has been requested. One or more message handler modules are preferably multimedia processing modules and they are selected in response to identification of particular multimedia types within the message content.
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The present invention relates to provide the Message Agent of publication/booking service, and in publication/reservation environment the method for a processing messages content.Background
Publication/reservation is a known information distribution mechanism, and wherein, the community that informant (publisher) delivers to those information users that selected to wish to receive the information special topic (subscriber) to information by an electric network goes.Typical way is that publisher publishes a single message and gives Message Agent.Act on behalf of then from it and determine to give which user the copy spare of this message or conversion part the registered subscribing list.
Known publication/booking mechanism depends on allocation table, and the very simple logic of its general execution goes to obtain the route of the small-sized transaction message of needed highly structural.The user can register all information that receive, and includes a concrete subject classification or keyword in the special content territory in the message header of this message or in structured message, such as a Business Name or one theme more specifically.The message dictionary is preserved the information of relevant various message structures, and it provides the organization definition of all information of transmitting by it to Message Agent, so just might untie these territories for inspection from these message contents.Classify or keyword with searching motif in a territory in Message Agent query messages head or the message content, and then its rule with the message route of user's application message requirement table and other storage is compared, and gives which user with decision message and use.
The knowledge that the user of registration uses desired form aspect also can be used for message format conversion (for example, the message content of an input may be the COBOL form, and these contents of subscriber request convert the textual form in the Email p.m.entry to).
These known publication/booking mechanisms can only be used for the message of highly structural, because this simple logic has included only content in the concrete message field and some in the allocation table compare.And known publication/booking mechanism just typically decides route and format conversion with simple logic, makes it to handle those not more complicated message contents of text based and can not expand publication/reservation environment.Outline of the present invention
A first aspect of the present invention, a Message Agent of supporting publication/booking service is provided, wherein this agency is suitable for discerning and receives from publishing the feature of the message content of application program, and utilizes the message content Feature Recognition to decide in one group of message processing module which be this message passed to.This selected message processing module is handled this message, gives the subscriber who requires this type of message or message content the message of one or more conversion then.
The function of identification message content characteristic, the logic of which message processing module is passed to message in decision, and preferably also having one or more message processing modules in an alternative software part, to carry out, they are co-operating and control messages agency's running each other.This functional separation is become the performance that alternative parts (such as Java Bean or ActiveX parts) make it possible to revise according to the special software parts that use with the agency Message Agent.
Message Agent may comprise the foundation structure of a distributed agent, preferably is installed in the Message Agent software of the mutual coordinated manipulation on each of a plurality of data handling systems.According to the function of each system and the message characteristics that is recognized, message is passed to different disposal systems.For example, a disposal system may be received a database that effective SQL data access can be provided, and another system may have special image processing function, for example have the ability to finish Floating-point Computation fast, therefore, use the recognition function of the present invention, just can in a distributed agent service, carry out Intelligence Selection the message content characteristic.
Second aspect, the invention provides a Message Agent of supporting publication/booking service, wherein this agency be suitable for discerning receive the non-alphanumeric in the message of publishing application program message content (promptly, be not based on text or digital or numeral or to other coding form of text or numeral), and utilize the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to decide in numerous message processing modules which be message passed to.The message processing module of choosing is handled this message, gives the user who requires this type of message or message content the message of one or more transformations then.
One or more selectable message processing modules are the multimedia processing module preferably, it is suitable for the content of multimedia in the message is finished one or more concrete processing operations, then message one or more modifications or conversion is passed to the processing module that is suitable for handling such content, such as the multimedia processing module.This processing module is handled this message content, and the message return messages of one or more conversion agency, this agency gives relevant subscriber's application program the message of conversion then.
Therefore, the present invention can expand publication/reservation function to support the message of any kind, comprising such as multimedia in interior non-alphanumeric message, comprise subscriber request message, and the message of handling the relevant message processing module of non-alphanumeric content to the requirement of Message Agent.Before the present invention, identification and retrieval to any non-alphanumeric message content must be to each special inquiry mechanisms of message special configuration that will scan, therefore, carrying out multimedia intelligence transmission with the form of customer requirements is impossible finish with known publication/booking mechanism.
According to one embodiment of the invention, this Message Agent is finished as making decision, and promptly should finish what special operational by selected multimedia processing module according to the requirement of user's appointment and the characteristics determined of accepting message.Another kind of way is that selected processing module may be finished the series of standards operation and regardless of customer requirements, check subsequently that just those users need such output and act on behalf of.
The non-alphanumeric content may be, for example, and sound or pictorial data, or comprise executable program encoded binary data.Give one example, wherein the agency couples together and comprises the message of representing radio station to broadcast the Wave data of data in order to reception.This agency identifies this message and contains sound-content, and this message passed to the special message processing module that to finish following function: from voice data, retrieve a watermark, and this watermark with contain the copyright owner and the database of data compares, produce one and publish the message informing copyright owner: a special copyright works has been broadcasted on a certain special date and time by certain special wireless station.This will make the copyright owner can impose copyright royalty.Second example wherein imported message and included by the captured pictorial data of artificial satellite.Handle input message to produce a series of different parsing images, like this, suitable parsing image just can effectively send to adapt to different subscribers' requirement.Satellite imagery also can be handled like this, makes publication message include the message such as the conversion of crops category map.
It should be noted that above-mentioned example has comprised a processing module, it revises and has explained the message content that is received significantly, and the message that sends to the user subsequently may include the data of summary, that handled or the conversion that adapts to subscriber request.Also have an example here, it is suitable for the identical content with publisher's publication, and the message as with message content feature and/or customer requirements decision is included in the message (this is referred to as the message of " conversion ") of giving the subscriber and goes.The present invention is to the identification of content of multimedia and select suitable processing module then.After a while these situations are suitable for too.
The Message Agent of optimum implementation is not limited to single, concrete message structure according to the present invention, or be limited to the content that scans a special domain in the structured message, but be suitable for scanning content and the interior non-alphanumeric element of these message of identification that receives message.For example, this agency may be suitable for seeking some thematic character string of the non-alphanumeric content with expection, removes to seek the discernible byte order (GIF, the TIFF and the jpeg file that for example have discernible initialization byte order) of representing some special pixel format then.The simple declaration of accompanying drawing
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Fig. 1 has shown and has included publisher and subscriber's application program at an interior computer network that these application programs exchange messages mutually by one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 shown distributed computer network (DCN) topological structure that the Message Agent function that distributes with spanning network is relevant example and
Fig. 3 has shown and has used the sequence of steps of a publication/booking method of Message Agent according to embodiments of the present invention.The detailed description of optimum implementation
Operating in the message product that the application program on the various computing machine in the network can use such as the MQSeries message queueing software of IBM Corporation intercoms and coordination mutually mutually.The message queueing product of relevant information queuing and viable commercial is at " Messaging andQueuing Using The MQJ " B.Blakeley, H.Harris﹠amp; R.Lewis, McGraus-Hill, the following publication that can obtain from IBM Corporation in 1994: " AnIntroduetion to Messaging and Queuing " (IBM document number GC33-0805-00) and " MQSeries-Message Queue Interface TechnicalReference " (the IBM document number SC33-0850-01) description is arranged all.Computing machine use the mutual communication of message queueing the network of process can be an internet, an internal lan or other computer network.IBM and MQSeries are the trade marks of IBM Corporation.
The MQSeries information software product of IBM Corporation provides the message support of transaction formula, it comes the message in logical unit of work synchronously according to a kind of messaging protocol, this agreement even also can guarantee to send once and one-shot message transmission under the situation that system and communication are broken down.The MQSeries product provides the transmission of the message that can guarantee in order to following method: before message confirms to be received the security of system storage as yet, can finally not delete the message of storing in transmitting system; With the Restoration Mechanism of using complexity.Confirming successfully to store before beginning pass-along message, deletion message and in receiving system, insert these two things of message and be in " suspection " state always from the storage of transmitting system, and can when accident takes place, withdraw from automatically.This message transmission protocol and relevant transaction notion and Restoration Mechanism thereof all have description in International Patent Application WO 95/10805 and United States Patent (USP) 5465328.Quote them as a reference at this.
The message queueing support of communication makes each application program can give the input queue of other any destination application message between the program that is provided by the MQSeries product, and each intended application can both be taken out these message from its input queue asynchronously and handled.So just can be for providing the message of guaranteeing transmission between each application program of propagating by the dissimilar computer network of a distribution, but there is very big complicacy in this in possible interconnecting between the application program.
Can comprise in network structure that a communication traffic pilot is simplified this complicacy widely, wherein, all other systems all are connected to this traffic pilot to replace interconnecting between all systems.On the communication traffic pilot, just can provide and obtain the intelligent message route and the Message Agent function of application integration.The Message Agent function typically comprises following ability: according to the knowledge of the information requirements of business rules and different application, and use message " special topic " the information intelligent ground be included in the message header to determine the ability of message route, and the ability of using the knowledge of the message format requirement of destination application or system to come the transforming message form.The MQSeries integrator software product of IBM Corporation provides above-mentioned agent capability, and it uses the MQSeries message product of IBM that the service that exchanges messages between each application program is provided.
If we adopt a kind of hierarchy chart of being made up of various parts, then near user's top layer, Message Agent is in next level to application program then, transmits between the software in application program and message.
According to the present invention, publication/booking mechanism that Message Agent software product and software part transmit applicable to support information, and this mechanism is extended to comprises the mechanism of intricately processing messages content more.
Fig. 1 has shown between publication application program 10 and the predetermined application 20 by Message Processing flow process and basic general picture according to Message Agent 30 of the present invention.The Message Agent 30 of optimum implementation is carried out as a software part according to the present invention, it transmits software product 90 coordinated manipulations with operating in the message on the computer system 100, wherein, all publication application programs all are connected on this transmission software product by a communication network.But this agent functionality may be distributed, promptly crosses over a complex set of Message Agent parts that connect through network, as next section to discuss.Therefore, Message Agent (no matter being single parts or distributed) connects and is used to receive all publication message.Each application program and message are transmitted product 90 and are connected, in order to the complicacy by network communication between the handling procedure, simultaneously each Message Agent also be installed in local computer system on transmission product 90 be connected.
As mentioned above, replace the single agency on the communication multiplex adapter, traffic pilot can be formed a distributed agent set of communication each other.These agencies 30 are can sharing users single, and the extendible distributed agent foundation structure of a redundancy is provided.Use of the present invention to the identification of message content characteristic and the function of in distributional environment, selecting a suitable processor with reference to each processor feature message feature, the Message Agent service that above-mentioned distributed agent mechanism is provided is enhanced, and makes the Message Processing optimization.For example, the part of functions of Message Agent is in the system of a direct connection database, and SQL query efficient just can obtain optimization by all giving this system with all SQL query.If the second portion function of Message Agent is in the system of an image processing function with appointment, then all message that contain image just can all be sent to this system.
For the ease of understanding, following narration only relates to a single Message Agent that is contained on the individual data disposal system, and wherein all publication message are all delivered to this system.When Message Agent was received a message, the message analysis parts 60 in Message Agent at first checked 120 to find a special topic or a theme sign to message header.Message publisher may indicate a message special topic or theme, for example " stock/computing machine/IBM " or " stock/motor/GM " character string is input in the domain of dependence of message header to indicate the stock price that this message subject is respectively IBM Corporation and Societe D' applicantions Generales D' electricite ET DE Mecanique SAGEM.The user also may specify them to wish the message subject of receiving in the same way, for example specify " stock/computing machine/* " obtaining the stock price of all Computer Companies, or " */IBM " is to obtain all relevant message of IBM Corporation.
Message Agent comprises a regulation engine 40, and it compares any special topic sign that retrieves from message header with user profile requirement table, wish to receive this message to discern which user.In addition, this special topic sign also has the special topic sign epiphase comparison of some non-alphanumeric message content with known its hint.In this example realized, message was published application program the information (as the part of enrollment process) that includes the thematic encoding flag table that uses when publisher's publication contains the message of non-alphanumeric content is provided to Message Agent.
Another kind of situation is: enrollment process may comprise having specified publishes the message that only contains content of text in the message, there is no need this message is further analyzed to determine whether it contains any non-content of text in order to indicate.
The second, except attempting retrieval and explaining that the message special topic indicates, Message Agent analysis component 60 scannings 140 message contents remove to seek the byte order of representing the special content type, also can final decision how to handle this message.Analysis component 60 compares 150 with the dictionary of the byte order of message content and the byte order of the special construction of representing special content one type.GIF for example, TIFF and jpeg picture, each all has the attribute byte order.The content scanning step can sound recognition and image, and resolves pixel format.Message also may comprise program coding, and for example HTML (HTML) or XML (Extensible Markup Language expands markup language) encode, and they have been described and have been internet Web-browser data presented form.The message content scanning step is easy to discern XML or HTML with reference to they corresponding sign dictionaries.
After finishing this inspection, the any message that is masked as the non-alphanumeric message content is all given the input buffer of 170 1 multi-media modules of suitably selecting 70, wherein the selection of this module is to be image or sound according to the non-alphanumeric content, or other data type is carried out.
The example of the XML message content that utilization provides above, inspection XML content just can be pointed out the existence of concrete content of multimedia, disclose and how to be suitable for determining the content characteristic of processing messages, and under some environment, the XML form can also be used to be provided as the required one or more coding modules of message content that suitable processing identifies.
Message Processing set 70 forms with object module that comprise the multimedia processing module are kept in the object library 80, and they can call immediately with response agent and require 70 pairs of message that receive of a certain concrete processing module to handle the decision of operation.Message Agent 30 usefulness check whether selected module moves the selection 160 that (that is to say that when receiving a message, this module is called) comes response message processing module 70.If move, then message will be lined up with in the input-buffer district that deals with in this processing module.If desired processing module is off-duty still, so just operation immediately, message is sent to this processing module and goes with the input-buffer district that deals with.
In a simple embodiment of the present invention, all message that contain image content are all passed to a single image processing module; Similarly, all message that contain voice data are all passed to a single acoustic processing module; And but the message that contains other recognition data type is all passed to the corresponding processing module that can handle the type message.If contained several dissimilar contents in the message, following situation will take place: transmit this single message through each different message processing module, go to finish series of processing steps.Have the message of executable code, before allow publishing, can deliver to the processing module that to finish authentication function (as the digital signature checking, or virus checking), in order to avoid the user is subjected to the infringement of undesirable program coding.This measure meaning station that each message content is had a single message processing module: input message is carried out relative simple analysis, just can select a suitable message processing module.
In one embodiment of the invention, the message processing module of a selection will be finished a series of general processing operations, that is to say, all message that are sent to this processing module are all finished identical operations.But this is not best implementation method for many message processing modules.
In an optimum implementation of the present invention, the processing procedure that selected message processing module is finished is to use specified requirement and the specific characteristic of the message that receives decision by each subscriber.Therefore, selected a message processing module it, which user application Message Agent will determine indicated require to receive a message to receive special special topic and type in the message with response, each customer requirements all is used for producing a mission statement then, and it is imported into selected message processing module with message.
Then, selected message processing module is finished 190 sequence of operations according to relevant mission statement, and the message return messages of the conversion of being finished agency, to send to relevant user.
In further embodiment of the present invention, the selection of message processing module is it oneself, depend on the appointment requirement of subscriber's application program, this means: with reference to customer requirements is to be finished as a part of selecting step by the agency, to replace the selection of back.
Now, function of the present invention will be described with reference to several Message Processing according to the present invention and agency's example.
Please consider such computer system, its foundation is the message that contains the earth surface image that is photographed by orbiter for publication.The tissue that obtains this message can be to receiving that being included in interested other tissue of special data of taking in the image provides subscription service, to share retrieval and to handle the expense of these data.Publish application program for one in this first system and produce the message that contains captured image termly, and give Message Agent these message.This Message Agent analysis message that 120-150 received, and identify and in this message, exist image (as mentioned above, any discernible message special topic sign and known special topic are compared, and discern in conjunction with scanning message content).
Response identifies an image, and Message Agent determines 160 should be sent to the message processing module that can handle image to message.The agency uses the special topic sign to check 180 customer requirements records-will receive and this special topic sign requirement for information about to determine which user to register then, and determines what concrete data demand these users have specified.Give one example, one first user has registered such requirement to Message Agent, when Message Agent is received the message of the special topic sign that contains a certain concrete publisher organization name, and message of this subscriber (just being set up).This subscriber also may specify: all message of receiving from this publication tissue all should be handled these image contents, to produce an image that can show the conversion that can identify the crops classification from captured image.In addition, the subscriber also may specify an output type, and it requires message is handled, and message conversion is become the desired type of user.For example, if subscriber's program is connected to an audio output device, it just may require all message all to convert a waveform output file to, and another subscriber's application program may be an e-mail program, and it then requires message to transmit as email record.
Produce a mission statement, it has been described on request method the image content that receives in the message has been handled the sequence of operations that will finish, and this mission statement and received message send 170 together to and selectedly can handle visual message processing modules then.This message processing module will be finished 190 above-mentioned a series of processing operations, send a new information that contains the new pictorial data of handling to Message Agent is counter then.
This Message Agent is transmitted to 200 to new information then and has specified the subscriber of these information requirements.Requiring (under the control of regulation engine 40) that the message of final conversion is sent to subscriber's route according to subscriber information, is very similar to the route that prior art is finished.Therefore, the present invention just can handle the special message of content type, have the ability message is finished suitable processing, only do not use business logic to discern publication/reservation system relevant subscriber, that another is traditional and depend on single special Message Processing structure joined.
In the optimum implementation of the present invention, type of message is used for selecting message processing module, and does not rely on the special topic sign in message header.Analysis component 60 scanning message contents in the Message Agent (this can do in all cases, also can have only the query messages head to be not enough to do when which message processing module decision will select).When this scanning step identifies an image in message content, this image can carry out a watermark retrieval process, and watermark analysis subsequently, be enough to discern the information that select which message processing module and should finish what operation to determine whether to have comprised to image.Like this can be so that before the concrete customer requirements of investigation, just can realize the processing module of the present invention choice phase, the processing stage of may also having message content.
Be similar to described above like that, also can and analyze the voice data in the message and to decide required processing operation with the watermark retrieval.
Also can use according to the Message Agent of optimum implementation of the present invention and to depend on the logic analyzed based on the data of literal in text based information and the message content in the message header, decide and whether have a special subscriber should receive that a message receives an input message with response agent.In other words, except multimedia processing of the present invention aspect, the text-processing of finishing according to Message Agent of the present invention also may comprise the requirement of processing subscriber information, has for example indicated the stock price of only just notifying a certain company when stock price has surpassed a certain threshold value.The subscriber may specify " stock/computing machine/Business Name " as the special topic sign that identifies from message header, and specify " price＞$150 " to receive the needed filtrator in a certain shared price territory in the message content as scanning, want to give this subscriber with decision message.Also can with the inquiry of utilization structure query language sign or to be similar to certain condition of test (for example " corporate share price＞$150 ") be that genuine way is carried out content analysis.
In the further example of realizing Message Agent operation of the present invention, content search can comprise that the content of multimedia analysis is to replace simple business logic known in the system of prior art.For example, the subscriber may register and be interested in to receive that containing a red circle in the visual upper left corner invades the arbitrary figure of way as investigating possible trade mark.Perhaps registration is interesting receives and an enough similar arbitrary figure of example edition image, or represents the set of diagrams of some visual type to resemble.
The technology that the instruction manual of the image characteristics that maybe will mate according to the model image carries out image contrast coupling is reality feasible (for example, the image content of the IBM Corporation of describing in United States Patent (USP) 5579471 inquiry (QBIC) technology).Input imagery should contrast and contain rank and represent the QBIC catalogue of a series of distance results to inquire about.Fuzzy matching algorithm can be set up the image in the message and the degree of closeness of an example edition image or desired characteristic.Can relatively allow to have those message that satisfy subscriber's standard (in) with multimedia feature definition and multimedia feature and just be sent to predetermined subscriber, the subscriber's enrollment mechanism in traditional publication/reservation agents is strengthened by the given range of tolerable variance of specifying the threshold definition.
Above-mentioned QBIC example shows, the message content Feature Recognition can comprise the several steps of separation, discern exist (the using accurate coupling usually) of some message content types earlier to given byte order, and then (for example discern those graphical content characteristics outside above-mentioned identification byte order is intrinsic, whether content mates defined parameters, or whether in certain tolerance with the example edition Image Matching).
After these steps, to make a decision, what for example will be finished handle, and how to do.In category of the present invention, relate to and how to carry out this step and have very big dirigibility.This decision can be used the method relatively not too flexibly of a storage or depend on a kind of dynamic approach method from publisher and user's input.The user can specify when registering as a user being used to produce required some particular processing operation of finishing of message of conversion message.
As mentioned above, the function of identification message content characteristic, the logic of which message processing module is passed to message in decision, and the processing capacity that preferably also has one or more message processing modules, can in a software part that can substitute, carry out, it and Message Agent are coordinated mutually, and control its operation.Thisly some functional separation is become alternative parts (such as Java Bean or ActiveX parts) make the performance that to revise Message Agent according to the special software parts that use with the agency.This also allows to add at any time new function, for example, this new message characteristics dictionary object library of packing into, makes Message Agent can discern this new message content types like this when some new message functions can use.
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1. Message Agent of supporting publications/booking service, its receives the message from publisher's application program, and according to subscriber request forwards to subscriber's application program, wherein the Message Agent parts comprise:
Message analysis parts are used for identifying from the message that the publisher application program receives the message content of non-alphanumeric;
A selector switch uses the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to decide and gives in one group of Message Processing parts which this message;
The one group of Message Processing parts that can select, they are used to handle reception message to produce the message of one or more conversion;
Visit has the device of the data field of each user application requirement;
Response is stored in the requirement of subscriber's application program in the described data field, the message of conversion is given the device of the user application that needs this conversion message.
2. Message Agent as claimed in claim 1, it is suitable for access subscribers requirement data field and decides and will carry out which type of processing operation to accepting message by the Message Processing parts.
3. as the Message Agent of claim 1 or 2, wherein selector switch is suitable for selecting in one group of message processing module one, identifies the message content of non-alphanumeric in the message that receives with the response message analysis component.
4. Message Agent as claimed in claim 3, the method for wherein discerning the non-alphanumeric message content have comprised that the byte order of analyzing in the message content is to discern the method for the specific type structure of representing multimedia information content.
5. as the Message Agent of above-mentioned any claim, wherein the message analysis parts are suitable for carrying out the watermark search operaqtion to receiving message, and analyze the watermark that retrieves and discern the information that wherein comprises, and give which Message Processing parts message with decision.
6. as any Message Agent among the claim 1-4, wherein one or more described message processing modules are suitable for the message that sends message processing module to is carried out the watermark search operaqtion, and analyze the watermark that retrieves and discern the information that wherein comprises, handle operation to determine this message processing module what to be finished to this message.
One be stored on the computer-readable recording medium, by the computer program that computer-readable program coding is formed, this program coding has comprised the Message Agent as any of claim 1-6.
8. the process controller parts in the Message Agent as claimed in claim 1, wherein these process controller parts have comprised message analysis parts and Message Processing parts.
9. process controller parts as claimed in claim 8 comprise Message Processing parts in minimum described one group of selectable Message Processing parts, go to produce the message of conversion in order to handle reception message.
10. Message Agent software part of supporting publications/booking service, control computer is operated and is gone to carry out a plurality of processes
From the message that publisher's application program receives, identify the message content of non-alphanumeric.
Use the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to decide message is sent in one group of message processing module which;
Use selected message processing module processing messages with the message that produces one or more conversion and
Give subscriber those subscriber request decisions, that need the message of this conversion the message of conversion by storage.
A 11. distributed Message Agent structure of forming by a plurality of Message Agent software parts of foundation claim 10, wherein each all operates on a plurality of interconnective computer systems, each Message Agent software part all has the right to visit the information that relates to each interconnective computer system performance, each Message Agent all is suitable for, according to the identification of the non-alphanumeric content that receives message and the ability of these a plurality of interconnective computer systems, decide one in the described computing machine to be used for processing messages.
12. give subscriber's application program with message and receive the method for message with response from publisher's application program for one, this method has comprised the following step of being finished down by Message Agent control:
From the message that publisher's application program receives, identify the content of non-alphanumeric;
Use the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to decide message is sent on one group of message processing module which;
Use selected message processing module processing messages with the message that produces one or more conversion and
Give subscriber those subscriber request decisions, that need the message of this conversion the message of conversion by storage.
13. one that carry out by Message Agent in the communication network, be used for the message that the processing messages agency receives from publisher's application program, and publish message and issue subscriber's application program to respond the described method that receives message, this aspect comprises the steps:
The message that analysis receives is with identification non-alphanumeric message content;
Utilize the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to select Message Processing parts, each message that receives is sent to it;
Each message that receives is sent to selected message processing module;
Finish the step that the retrieves subscriber application program requires from the data field of storing described information requirements, reference or the not described information requirements that retrieve of reference use selected message processing module to handle the message that is received;
The information requirements of subscriber's application program that response retrieves send the message of handling to the subscriber's application program that requires to receive this processing messages.
14. according to a method of claim 13, wherein communication network is the internet.
15. a computer system, it comprises a Message Agent from a publication/booking service to the application program that connects by communication network that support, and wherein this Message Agent comprises:
Message analysis parts are used for identifying from the message that the publisher application program receives the message content of non-alphanumeric;
A selector switch uses the identification of non-alphanumeric message content to decide message is sent in one group of message processing module which;
The one group of message processing module that can select, they are used to handle the message of reception to produce the message of one or more conversion;
A data field is used for the requirement of store subscriber application program; With
A method, response is stored in the requirement of the subscriber's application program in the described data field, and the message of conversion is sent to needs the subscriber of this conversion message application program.
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