Integrated service creation and execution platforms for the converged networks

• US 20070214419A1
• Filed: 03/01/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TTI Inventions A LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: TTI Inventions A LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jain, Ashish, Bassu, Devasis, London, Saul, Lott, Christopher, Agrawal, Hira
• Application Number:
  US11/712,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214419A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/546 Message passing systems or structures, e.g. queues
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0226 Mapping or translating multiple network management protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0054 Service creation techniques

Abstract

A service creation and execution platform provides a unified representation for messages and network protocols. Specifically, the platform is flexible and relies on a bootstrapping approach which enables incorporation of new message formats and protocols. Additional capabilities of the platform include a Graphical User Interface which makes specification of network services easier.

Claims

1. A method of providing a unified representation for messages and network protocols comprising the steps of:

starting a message flow in a start state;

initializing the message flow for determining the next state of the flow which next state is either an end state or a wait state comprising one or more transitions where each transition further comprises an event match criteria and a task;

evaluating the event match criteria for all transitions associated with the current wait state upon the occurrence of an external event;

executing a transition task upon a successful event match criteria;

returning to the next state after the transition task is executed; and

repeating the steps until the next state is an end state.