Remote service invocation in heterogeneous networks
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system arranged for providing client service applications with access to service capability features via a standardized interface, the system comprising:
- a number of application servers where providing client service applications;
a number of first service enablers where first service capability features are specified in a first network domain;
a first Framework for providing a controlled access to said first service capability features;
a number of core network elements;
a number of second service enablers where second service capability features are specified in a second network domain;
a second Framework for providing a controlled access to said second service capability features;
wherein said first Framework is arranged for communicating with said second Framework for accessing said second service capability features specified in said number of second service enablers of said second network domain.
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Abstract
The invention provides a system and a method for providing those client applications having access to services in a first domain with access to services in another domain via a standardized interface such as the one specified under OSA/PARLAY standardization bodies. Therefore, in accordance with the invention, there is provided a framework-to-framework interface whereby a number of domains are enabled to offer services to another number of domains, and whereby a particular first framework in a first domain can proceed to discover available service enablers in other domains via corresponding second frameworks in said other domains. Thus, in accordance with the invention, a first domain is enabled to offer services to its client applications from a second domain in addition to those services already offered by said first domain itself. In addition the invention expands the system and method with ways to specify, communicate and enforce the agreements between the domains involved.
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1. A telecommunications system arranged for providing client service applications with access to service capability features via a standardized interface, the system comprising:
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a number of application servers where providing client service applications;
a number of first service enablers where first service capability features are specified in a first network domain;
a first Framework for providing a controlled access to said first service capability features;
a number of core network elements;
a number of second service enablers where second service capability features are specified in a second network domain;
a second Framework for providing a controlled access to said second service capability features;
wherein said first Framework is arranged for communicating with said second Framework for accessing said second service capability features specified in said number of second service enablers of said second network domain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing client service applications with access to service capability features via a standardized interface, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) registering first service capability features in a first network domain with a first Framework and second service capability features in a second network domain with a second Framework;
(b) carrying out security management mechanisms for authentication and authorization of a number of players selected from a group that includes user, network, a requester application, and combinations thereof, in each network domain through each respective Framework; and
(c) discovering first service capability features that are available for use by a requester application in said first network domain;
(d) determining in the first network domain that service capability features at a second network domain may be available for the requester application;
(e) carrying out security management mechanisms for authentication and authorization from a first Framework of said first network domain, through a second Framework of said second network domain; and
(f) discovering second service capability features that are available for use by said requester application in said second network domain. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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