Automatic Subscriptions in Publish-Subscribe Systems

In this paper, we describe how to automate the process of subscribing to complex publish-subscribe systems. We present a proof-of-concept prototype, in which we analyze Web browsing history to generate zero-click subscriptions to Web feeds and video news
stories. Our experience so far indicates that user attention data is a promising source of data for automating the subscription process.

This paper is to appear in the Proceedings of the 26th IEEE Intl Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) Workshops, and will be presented on the 5th Intl Workshop on Distributed Event-Based Systems, in Lisbon, Portugal, July 2006.