1. US20020156933 - Communication service for transmitting events between software independently of applications

A communication service enabling events to be forwarded from at least one data producer to at least one data consumer, the service being characterized it that it comprises a distributor module and a set of filter modules, said distributor module possessing means for receiving said events and for forwarding them to said set of filter modules, and each filter module in said set having means for receiving said events, for filtering them in application of a respective filter mechanism, and for forwarding them to certain ones of said at least one data consumer.