Implementation of services in an ip telephone network
First Claim
1. A packet-based telephone network in which telephony services are offered to a user, said network including at least one telephone server comprising call control means, characterized in that for offering telephony services, the network comprises:
- user-related agents including user-specific telephone service data and functions for executing services, and being capable of moving, when necessary, in the telephone network to an individual network element, at least one execution platform in an individual network element, providing the user-related agent with the facility to execute services, communicate with other agents, and utilize the network resources.
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Abstract
The invention is based on a distributed service architecture. The invention utilizes one or more agents for offering and supplying a service to a user. An agent includes service data and functions for executing a service. Furthermore, when necessary the agent is capable of moving in a packet-based telephone network to a part of the network where it can best execute the service desired by the user. An individual network element must incorporate one or more execution platforms providing the agent with the facility to execute services, communicate with other agents, and utilize the resources of the network element.
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1. A packet-based telephone network in which telephony services are offered to a user, said network including at least one telephone server comprising call control means, characterized in that for offering telephony services, the network comprises:
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user-related agents including user-specific telephone service data and functions for executing services, and being capable of moving, when necessary, in the telephone network to an individual network element, at least one execution platform in an individual network element, providing the user-related agent with the facility to execute services, communicate with other agents, and utilize the network resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A method for implementing telephony services in a packet-based telephone network, characterized in that one or more agents including user-specific telephone service data and functions for executing the services execute the service desired by the user in such a way that when necessary, the agent can relocate in the telephone network to an individual network element to execute the service, and when necessary utilize the resources of the network element to execute the service, said network element comprising one or more execution platforms providing the agent with the facility to execute services, communicate with other agents, and utilize the network resources.
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