TW503371B - Rules-based notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and method for providing notifications to a user includes an alert manager. The alert manager receives notifications of events occurring within various executing applications, and utilizes rules to determine when alert notifications should be sent to one or more specified users. In addition, operation of batch jobs can determine changes in state of selected data, which generate events for the alert manager in addition to those generated directly by an executing application. Alert notifications to users can be sent to the user via any of several communications channels.

Description

503371 V. Description of the invention (1) A cross-referenced related application The claims claimed in this application are US provisional patent applications with application number 60 / 158,732 filed on ^^^^ 丨Priority rights revealed in the case. At the same time, this application contains and co-filed the US patent application application number-, the application titled "user window that can be designed according to requirements" reveals the same requirements, which can be used as reference materials here. . Background of the invention 1 Field of invention:

Personally, the present invention relates to a communication system of an electronic computer system ', and more particularly to a system and method that can be used to notify a user that an event of his or her choice has occurred in the system. 2 · Description of previous techniques: As computer systems and data communications become more and more popular, more and more users can perform most of their daily transactions from various communication networks. For example, many users will be able to access important information in a timely manner by using interconnected software and hardware systems.

Due to the large resources of available information, users often spend time pursuing things and events of interest. In some cases, a dedicated window may appear on a user's desktop to provide high priority information about things. For example, a streaming stock quote machine can reside on a user's desktop to allow them to select stock market information. However, it ’s likely to be interesting information. The number and diversity of sources is so great that this type of specialized method becomes a small amount of resources

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I Page 5 5033/1 V. Explanation of the invention (2) Only the source. Usually the user must access whether the event of interest has occurred if the delay is necessary, if the user does not. The other method is to choose the user ’s application terminal to automatically send the message notification to the necessary processing and greatly aggravate the application writer method in the program. Therefore, we are anxious to provide a choice when the event occurs, that is, one step. It is hoped that the above notification system will send notifications in different ways to the present invention. The present invention relates to _ a kind of method to warn administrators to receive notifications of events that occur in the area. To send warning notifications to _, you must provide An alert notification to a user who manages an application directly to determine the data selected by the application can be sent to the use database or to the user, but this phase can be used to send notifications of events that occur from time to time. The burden of delivering the module into the user. When other information resources are time-consuming and often need to be viewed, this method can be directly coded. On can lead to a kind of system as a method for users. My different types of automatic notifications are able to handle users. In order to judge that it is not necessary to have a poor source of information from the position so that the application of the demand will be maintained in the performance of those who are in possession of the event and can clearly outline for notification to a person on the implementation of the project, and may benefit or more The event of a special agent can also be determined by several different user rules through several changes in the status of the user through the change of state. In addition to being able to generate the same communication frequency and status by the batch operation status, What the application determines. In addition to the way in which it is performed. Provided to Dao Zhong

Page 6 503371 V. Description of the invention (3) The drawings briefly illustrate the novel features of the present invention which are disclosed in the scope of patent application in the appendix. The reason is that the relevant content of the present invention and the preferred mode of use, and further The purpose and benefits, etc., can be obtained by referring to the detailed description of an illustrative embodiment and the accompanying drawings to obtain the clearest cognition, of which: Figure 1 is a high-level block diagram of the system of the present invention Figure 2 is a block diagram of the system shown in Figure 1 with additional detailed information; Figures 3 A and 3B illustrate the operation of different types of event generation technology; Figure 4 is one of the inventions The types of messages held by the event router; Figure 5 is a block diagram illustrating an operation of a warning administrator; Figure 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment using a rule filter and an event handler; and Figure 6B is A schematic diagram illustrating another alternative preferred embodiment using a rule filter and an event handler. The description of the preferred embodiment. Those skilled in the art can understand that when an event occurs during execution of an application program or data change, the system and method can be used in almost all computer systems φ. In the preferred embodiment, the type of application that can be operated is one that is capable of generating a message to indicate that the event of its choice has occurred. However, as mentioned above, the system can also work with applications that do not generate the events described above, and can be adapted to almost any type of computer application.

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V. Description of the Invention (4) Please refer to FIG. 1, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the system and method of the present invention, which is generally given a reference number 10. Multiple applications 12 operating simultaneously can be installed in a single piece of hardware or distributed among many machines. Applications 12 do not need to operate simultaneously with each other, but can be performed from a wide range Choose the application you want, regardless of type, to perform the data processing functions. With reference to Figure 2 for a more detailed description, the application 12 can generate events 14 to be forwarded to an event router 16. Event 14 is basically a message indicating that some type of predetermined event has occurred. According to the further definition of FIG. 2, the above information may be directly generated from an application program to indicate that an event has occurred in the application program. For example, an application that uses a database to change the price of a product can generate an event message that includes the product number and the new price. In addition, as described below, a particular type of application 12 can periodically scan the continuously running lean material 5 if it is stored in the database, in order to determine whether the content of the lean message has changed. These applications can also generate events to show if their selected type has changed. The event router 16 is described in more detail in Figure 4, but the general situation is that there is an application available to receive incoming events 1 4 and then send them through the established path to the registered to receive such events The receiver side of the event. For example, if a user or other application has registered as an event that can receive notification of price changes, the event router 16 will keep this information. When the event router 16 receives an incoming price change event, it will then forward it to the one that has been registered to receive this event.

503371 V. Description of invention (5) All applications. Therefore, the event router 16 can be used as the center of the message. It is not necessary to know, or to find out who will receive it. In mind, the program 12 can also be changed to generate only defined notifications. The application event router 16, the event router 16 performs any of its tasks to send all of the _ to all receivers that have registered to receive it. Noah relays the above events to certain events 18 to the processor 20 according to the established path, and it uses the incoming event; the event in many cases' event handler 2. Can also be shellfish. In the request, the event processor 20 can usually use the slamming sound:-private type 12. In any application of the information provided in this claim 18 ^ 1 Some events are notified via incoming events 2 2 Warning managers of event handlers according to established routes ^ Tian Yuyi Special The type is clear, and the warning administrator 24 can judge by the following: second, as in the following figure, step by step, a notification or warning 26 will be transferred to son-in-law: if there is any incoming event that requires the incoming event, warning management; 2; :: The way of user 28, to deal with and when to make notifications to a user. Use a set of rules to decide which ones. Please refer to Figure 2. There are two types of shared strains. The first category is the second type of device 32 and similar operating modules. Piece 30 'which can be incorporated into the status piece, that is, the forced item 30 of the commercial item application will produce "clear 11 things can be clearly generated to enable an event ^ by crying code can be functional when the event occurs Stylized into a quotient: 1: Events sent out. In this invention, -n is used. * w 1 dry d (J and its state device 32. When the earlier event has already occurred, then dark five, the description of the invention (6) The event is available as an indication, or there is a-product change price: :::: When there is a transaction, if the corresponding commercial item is a new product, an event is generated. $ Some actions can be invited to form 3, then a notification will be generated at this time ... S 贝 24 Retrieve, and can use it is commonly referred to as " Batch workers can generate events, these job brothers a category of applications are systematically checked and stored in the database 7: programs, not only regular content Has the change occurred ?: Two holds = data, and can be searched for its application in the database f 5 Two new data files can be 'in order to smooth the situation;]: ㊁: Cheng-Commercial 34 series of physical work can be scanned periodically_Product】: Second event, then-new products are added when there are batches. Separate the database and determine the previous state of the database and the current state of the second and second continuous memory This event is called " the implied event and the result can be sent It is very useful to search for implied events, and it is very useful for applications that have generated the required implied codes to find the way of the event. Crying 1 R 7 to find all aspects. Type The processor's move: the set path is delivered to two different types of processors 38. It is intended to provide recognition: the y knife passes into the synchronous processor 36 and the asynchronous processor 40, and the step processor is used # It is best to put in one to retrieve. Yu. This system can provide more than -w processors to log into the event router, so as to be used to notify 503371 V. Description of the invention (7) Special type of event, It can be clearly pointed out whether they are synchronous or = f ^, and in later cases it can be clearly pointed out in which bank the event message is stored. Figures 3A and 3B illustrate the clear event The operation f is different from the implied event. Figure 3A shows the data f that occurred on an implied event. In this example, a user is running an application to enter a 2 Product information to the system order, which is number 789, and call it, boat Tian δ Xuan users can add products when they need to add products, sequence 42. This program will pass the new product number, 78, 9, and the new item = condition, boat "to the business Object 44. When a new product is established through the commercial object 44. π 日 守 'will generate an event 4 6 and will send it to the event road :: 16. Event 46 will indicate that a new product system has been added, and said Pass the relevant parameters as part of the message. See the example for an example when there are no commercial objects available to generate one or two additions, or you can change it to assume that there is a suitable implementation and check one. A database of continuous execution. In this example, the batch job is performed in a pot containing two items, which are performed at 9: 00 bismuth, and will detect, 456, and 4 items of Du Zhigong. The form in the library, that is, batch number 123 56: People and objects retain this information for later use. The user shown in the illustration below will add the # & user to follow the example shown in Figure 3A = the sequence of the day to add 0. However, when the commercial thing is updated, it is ... the implied event. The thing of the message; is: Shelley, it will not send a message to the event router 16 at 9:08. Say this

Page 11 503371 V. Description of the invention (8) In this example 10: Q 0, the batch work is executed again. During this time, the information it collects will appear in Form 52 and will include three products. By comparing the current Form 5 2 with the previous Form 4 8, the batch work can determine that a new product line has been added to the database. Subsequent batch jobs will generate an implied event to show that the new product has been added to it, and will also send it to the router 16. When the job is complete, the implied event may need to carry a flag that distinguishes it from the implied event in order to assist the router or processor in deciding what to do with the message. However, in other cases, it may not be necessary to distinguish an implied event from a plurality of implied events; in fact, the handler will only process events that occur. The type of information shown in Figure 4 is retained by the event router 16 to deliver the events it receives. The information shown in Figure 4 is presented in the form of a table 5 but can also be stored in the event routing Is 16 in any form. Please refer to FIG. 4. The table will indicate that Event Router 16 Series stores a series of event type tables to be delivered. Such a form is preferably dynamic and can be added to it as a different handler that will register with the event router 16. According to the example in Figure 4, "Event type 1π is registered in three sets of receivers, R1, R2, and R3, in order to receive a copy of such events. Therefore, when an event of η event type Γ is received by event router 16 At that time, the receivers R1, R2, and R3 will receive a copy of the event message in turn. The receiver's authentication function will give instructions on where the message should be given and in a special situation Where should it be forwarded. If one of the receivers R 1, R2 or R3 is a sync processor, the event message will be copied and will

Page 12 503371 V. Description of Invention (9) Forward here immediately. If there is a case in these receivers, the registration result of the above event will be made and a copy of the event message that can be synchronized is placed in the bank. There is no requirement to combine five different event types as shown in Figure 4 for the various receivers that can be used to receive them. Some of the registered events in this event: "Event Type 3 in China" may not be registered with any recipients. In cases such as this, this type is given to the processor. However, ‘in most cases… the group reception status will be registered to receive an event, and the event router 16 will forward a copy of the event message to all registered receivers. By using an event router, the receiver can log in to receive various types of messages without affecting the commercial objects that can be used to generate the above events. It can also be changed that the event will be transmitted to the event router 16 in unison, and any group of processors that need to be copied to the event message will receive the forwarded copy. Each group of processors then processes a message according to its own internal logic. __Figure \ is a block diagram illustrating the functions of the alert manager 24. As mentioned above, it is best to use an asynchronous processor as the alert manager 24, so that it can be smoothly received from a bank. Its event. The warning administrator 24 can be divided into two parts, which includes a rule part 60 = and a notification part 62. The rules section 60 contains a majority of rules that can be defined when an event occurs. Each user who wants to receive notification notifications from the alert manager 24 can log in to the alert manager and define the relevant bar.

Page 13 503371 V. Inventive Statement (IQ), telling the system that he, he, and he will receive notifications in a conditional way. The rules are usually shown in Figure 5: where the second form comes, where should it come from To generate notifications. Take a conditional approach to provide two rules. The first rule is to use products that are less than $ 7, 50 0. Project Vessel "), and this conditional condition has occurred, and makes Correspondence notice 62, so that 3/2 of them, at this time-sharers will be generated. The person who relayed the request for this warning used the event ί = Eraction 64 by the condition part of the associated reserve rule: ";; Γ Er should go: part 60 by itself The comparison operation is to use _rule ^ 4 to transmit the data in this article. The straight H data will be returned according to the evaluation results under the conditions. "True I, the value is used as the rule in this dry example. Engine 66, and the price is low: $ 二 为 ^ When a rule condition is met, it will be executed and will be sent to the user 28. The notification operation system: = = to send a message to a use The user's desktop computer. = One also includes sending a message via phone, pager, fax machine, or any other device. The content of the message is determined by the notification section of the rule. The use of quite a large number of pre-selected profiles allows a user to choose from these messages. Messages contain textual data 'and can also include parameters, and bite: can be all

The 14th member '503371 V. Description of invention (π) The text is included in Incident 64. In the example of FIG. 5, an e-mail message is transmitted to a user who has registered as the π rule Γ, indicating that a price change event of a ff ship has occurred, and a new price of the π ship is also indicated. At the same time, a call message can also be sent to a system that allows any number to be used so that it can be transmitted without the need for individual actions. The system can receive typical messages on its own. The central system uses this to learn that when it comes to reviewing, it is time to use the pager; it is also possible for such rules to define logical conditions to allow the user's condition to be implemented. The user email is a kind of notification window so that it appears on the desktop from time to time. With one in one the user will be able to spend too much time and one in the amount of alerts. Logging in, the registrar it it $ $ has changed the rules automatically. Electronically or plurally, that is, alerting the administrator 24 for various types of alerts. Way to check the event or set the warning administrator to determine the sender of these messages; users can also provide a notification when they can follow a special alert, you must consume their line settings and register different types A variety of events, otherwise it is in your favor. The user can do it and take a corresponding action if necessary. The above method is feasible. Refer to Figure 6 A Member 2 4 regular organ. When the commercial router 16 is used, the event router is generally used and modified to provide a difference. The figure shown is the use of a copy similar to the one used for the general 30 to generate a router 16 registered in 16 When the event handler is used for event 14, it will pass a copy of the event 70, 72 to the event handler 7 4, 7 6. The function of the event, the alarm management, the filtering, the event, and the event handler.

Page 15 503371 V. Description of the invention (12) 74 and 76 have a rule filter 78 and 80 respectively, so as to be able to use substantially the same conditions shown in FIG. 5, these rule filters can be processed by an event handler 7 4, 7 6 Preliminary filtering of events to measure the determinants of which event should be responded to. An alternative method is shown in FIG. 6B, where an integrated router / filter includes an event router 16 and a rule filter 84. When the commercial item 30 transmits an event 14 to the event router 16, the rule filter 84 is checked to see if any of the rules are applicable to this event. If the conditions of a rule are met, then the functional part of the rule will direct the event to a special handler to perform the relevant action. For example, when the event 14 is transmitted to the event router 16, the corresponding copy is not automatically sent to the event processors 86, 88. It can also be changed that the information contained in this article included in event 14 will be evaluated in the rule filter 84 shown in Figure 5, and the event will only be sent to. The evaluation result of the rule condition is π Really, the processor. In this example, the event copy 90 will only be forwarded to the event handler 88, because there is no satisfactory corresponding condition at this time, which is not enough to cause the event 14 to be delivered to the event handler 86. A system with both a regular filter 84 and an event handler 16 will be able to make several changes. At first, the router / filter 8 2 must be more complicated; and it allows the processor to use the filter 84 and simply adds a form to the event router 16 to successfully log in to the rule. A better way is to check the rules stored in the filter 84 depending on whether the processor is registered to respond to a particular event type. Therefore, when an event is received, only some rules need to be checked.

P.16 503371 V. Description of the invention (13) --- A system equipped with a rule filter 84 and an event handler 16 will increase the complexity of the password related to the event router, but the communication to the event handler Probability, only events that meet a predefined standard specification will be passed to the incident through the rule filter 8 4 In addition to low network traffic, the Λ method can also simplify all event handlers, except Any filters used to handle incoming events can be simplified and filtered by 1 I; it can also be changed to execute this filter through rules registered on the rule Q 叩. In the formula, $ m ί can provide a simplified method to respond to all kinds of different strains that occur in the application. By transmitting all the events to-Central: User's Police: Notification. $: Can log in to handle anything: Location :: Manager. Because the system can be used with any login, the current application can be used, its components and implied events, because of the 16 delivered events, or the events that are not interesting through the event router. 7 Special users feel that when a user can choose to want the defendant, the notification will be automatically generated, so] _, when these events occur in order to determine whether they have been sent = do not need to regularly check the difference !; , And on == :; the person can log in from the event class 4 so that whenever he appears i ;; :: can be notified in the warning management ""; each :: introducer-new item This type of event is then combined on page 17 503371 V. Description of the invention (14) It is better to provide notifications as implied things. It is better to ensure all conditional formatting of the conditions used in the method. . The other electronic interface devices available as described above are also kept in the warning notice. The warning system is sent to an appropriate one that can be transmitted. Although the above can appear in the spirit of the type range, and it is assumed that That road event can be a clear event or event. ΐί Make: 可以 You can choose one-item or plural from the system ’This simplifies the login task of receiving warnings, and enables consistent notifications among users. The soil invitation rules are used as a template for the 'available'; the person chooses and uses it as a special value. t. The team knows that the above-mentioned parties can easily provide a set of alarms that can meet the needs of the heart, and the warning notice itself can be obtained by the system. Notifications can be e-mail or information on the lack of assistance in the technology knife. By sending appropriate messages to any class g it is known that it is possible to create an engine-like intermediary message such as a web page or a telephone. This type of message is a warning ^ 2. Because of this, the additional new technology is very suitable for the two-member form. The only thing needed is to provide a selective message from the processor side that can be reached from the news camp, and the registered user is passed to the second administrator side. It must also be disclosed that it is only one of the preferred implementations of the present invention. Understand that if the specific values disclosed in the above-mentioned techniques are habitual and detailed, many changes are still covered by the technology and scope. I invention patent

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Claims (1)

503371 6. Scope of patent application 1. A device capable of generating multiple applications and an event router, which can receive event messages, warn administrators, a plurality of rules on a subject that has been selected, and an associated notification, The owner of the information selected in the message shall warn that all actions will be true in accordance with the message. 2. If at least one of the scope of the patent application includes: a database, a job can be updated When the content selected in the database is changed, that is, 3.-a kind of router that can be used to generate multiple applications, and can be connected to multiple routers, a set of rules, which is connected to one of the event information messages The system includes:, each application can generate event messages; can communicate with the application, including the route information; can communicate with the router, and is used to receive messages; and in the warning manager , Each rule is provided and each rule is registered to act according to the event selected in the matter; when the member receives a message , All the rules registered in the meeting will be evaluated, and relevant notices will be sent for the rules that have been evaluated. The system of item 1, in which the plural application programs move their data content; and regularly check the data Database, and when the selected data item has already generated an event message with the previously checked. The known system includes:, can be used to generate event messages; the application communicates; can communicate with the router; And placed on the router, and each rule at least interest; Page 19, 503371 VI. The scope of patent application where the system receives an evaluation and will forward the event information to the evaluation. 4. If at least one of the patent application programs includes a database, you can do more work. Can be selected when the content in the database has changed, that is 5. — A kind of event can be generated by sending the event message in an application, the router will immediately notify the receiver when the message is provided in the processor If it is "real", every time a processor receives the topic, and an event message is 0 for the evaluation result, the associated rules are all the rules whose evaluation result is "true π", which gives the relevant The event handler of item 3. The system of item 3, wherein the plurality of applications use their data content; and the database is regularly checked, and when the data items it selects have already been generated with previously checked An event message. The method of knowing the message includes the following steps: generating an event message; giving a router; the processor registering as long as it receives the selected thing; If an evaluation of a rule is performed, the corresponding action will be performed; and when an event message is evaluated, the rule that immediately evaluates the result of the rule as "true π" will execute the corresponding action. Method, one of the regular actions includes sending a message to a user. 7. If the method of applying for item 5 of the patent scope, wherein the application program includes: a database, the content of which can be changed; and Page 20 503371 VI. Application for a scope of patent application, which can regularly check the database, and when it is found that the data items selected in the database have been changed from those previously checked Time, an event message can be generated. - Page 21