Abstract: A method for providing data handling information for use by a client of a pub/sub service to handle data published by the pub/sub service includes receiving a subscription request to a data tuple that includes source data from a client of the pub/sub service. When the request is received, a first subscription is provided for the client to the data tuple and a second subscription, distinct from the first subscription, is automatically provided for the client to a data handling tuple that is associated with the data tuple and that includes data handling information defining how the source data of the data tuple is to be handled by the client. A first notification message including the source data is generated and a second notification message, distinct from the first notification message, is generated that includes the data handling information.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a distributed audience response for a broadcast records a response from a participating client of a broadcast and transmits the response to an audience server. The audience server combines the response with responses from other participating clients of the broadcast, and the combined response is then transmitted to a receiving client for playback in synchronization with the broadcast. Intelligible speech can be removed from the combined response. The participating client can be part of a group of clients of the broadcast, where the responses from the group of clients are combined and played back. A participant can invite certain other participants to “sit next to” him or her, where the responses of the invitees are configured to be intelligible over the combined response.

Abstract: A method and system utilizes presence information in a device. The method and system include detecting at least one of a change in the status for the user or a change in an activity associated with a capability of the device. The detection of the activity change includes a second device communicating the activity change with a presence service. The method and system also include automatically altering the capability of the device if the change in the status is detected or automatically altering the status if the change in the activity is detected.

Abstract: A communication protocol for distributing information related to a resource in substantially real-time to a subscriber includes a first HTTP request message for allowing the subscriber to request a subscription to the information related to the resource, where the first HTTP request message includes subscription data in a header and/or in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) reference associated with the first HTTP request message, and the subscription data identifies the first HTTP request message as a subscription request. The communication protocol also includes a second HTTP request message for allowing a publisher to update the information related to the resource, and an HTTP response message for allowing a publish/subscribe service to notify the subscriber of the updated information related to the resource each time the publish/subscribe service receives the second HTTP request message from the publisher.

Abstract: A method and system are described for providing a general request/response protocol using a presence protocol. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method is described for using the presence protocol for receiving from a requesting entity a descriptor of a resource associated with a responding entity and a request related to the resource. The descriptor and the request are sent to the responding entity using the presence protocol. Using the presence protocol, a response is received from the responding entity replying to the request. The response is sent to the requesting entity using the presence protocol.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system is provided for presenting published information in a browser. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include providing a user control via a browser that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information in the browser; receiving a pace setting from the user control; associating the pace setting with a subscription; and queuing published information corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the browser based on the pace setting.