Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A method for evaluating authorization rules, the method including evaluating a plurality of authorization rules in connection with an authorization process for a subject, storing in a computer-readable storage medium and in association with the subject a rule identifier of any of the rules that are applicable to the subject, and performing, in connection with a subsequent authorization process for the subject, a computer-based action indicated by any of the rules identified by any of the stored rule identifiers, where the performing step is performed independent from an evaluation of the applicability of any of the authorization rules in connection with the subsequent authorization process.

Abstract: A system for assigned resource management, including multiple computer servers, each identifiable by an identifier, and a resource table stored on a computer-readable data storage medium and accessible to any of the servers, where any of the servers is configured to establish itself as manager for a resource, if no record in the resource table indicates that a manager exists for the resource, by including its identifier in a record in the resource table for the resource in a manner that indicates that the server is manager for the resource, where any of the servers is configured to include its identifier in a list of servers in the record for the resource that wish to participate in the performance by the manager of at least one action regarding the resource, and where the manager is configured to perform the action regarding the resource.

Abstract: A system for managing watcher information in a distributed server environment, including a watcher information database configured to store records, any of the records populated by a watcher identifier, a presentity identifier, a list of unique identifiers of a plurality of subscriptions by the watcher, a watcher state field indicating a current state of the watcher, and an event field indicating an event that last caused the state of the watcher to change, each record representing a different pair of a watcher and a presentity pair, and where each of the records maintains a single state for one or more subscriptions by a watcher to receive presence information regarding a presentity, and a plurality of presence servers, where each of the presence servers is configured to modify any of the records to reflect the current state of a watcher for any subscription indicated in the record.

Abstract: A system for assigned resource management, including multiple computer servers, each identifiable by an identifier, and a resource table stored on a computer-readable data storage medium and accessible to any of the servers, where any of the servers is configured to establish itself as manager for a resource, if no record in the resource table indicates that a manager exists for the resource, by including its identifier in a record in the resource table for the resource in a manner that indicates that the server is manager for the resource, where any of the servers is configured to include its identifier in a list of servers in the record for the resource that wish to participate in the performance by the manager of at least one action regarding the resource, and where the manager is configured to perform the action regarding the resource.

Abstract: A method for evaluating authorization rules, the method including evaluating a plurality of authorization rules in connection with an authorization process for a subject, storing in a computer-readable storage medium and in association with the subject a rule identifier of any of the rules that are applicable to the subject, and performing, in connection with a subsequent authorization process for the subject, a computer-based action indicated by any of the rules identified by any of the stored rule identifiers, where the performing step is performed independent from an evaluation of the applicability of any of the authorization rules in connection with the subsequent authorization process.

Abstract: A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparactor configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.

Abstract: A system for managing watcher information in a distributed server environment, including a watcher information database configured to store records, any of the records populated by a watcher identifier, a presentity identifier, a list of unique identifiers of a plurality of subscriptions by the watcher, a watcher state field indicating a current state of the watcher, and an event field indicating an event that last caused the state of the watcher to change, each record representing a different pair of a watcher and a presentity pair, and where each of the records maintains a single state for one or more subscriptions by a watcher to receive presence information regarding a presentity, and a plurality of presence servers, where each of the presence servers is configured to modify any of the records to reflect the current state of a watcher for any subscription indicated in the record.