SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE-BASED SCIM PLATFORM

• US 20090187919A1
• Filed: 01/23/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: MAES, Stephane H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,654,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]

Abstract

Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM)-type functionality is provided at a horizontal service layer in an Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based approach. SCIM composition is provided at multiple levels, including the level of composition where servlets have full access to the context information of the service layer. SCIM composition also occurs at the level of an application dispatching messages to multiple applications/services for processing the messages. The functionality at the service layer also can be programmed using policies, such that routing decisions can be made dynamically as the result of processing conditions and actions. An incoming message can result in a Web service being triggered that in turn triggers a BPEL or SOA workflow, the workflow calling multiple operations to process the message as a result of a routing table or header, environmental and contextual information at the service level, and other information such as user preference or presence information.

Claims

1. A system for processing signaling messages and events, comprising:

a first processing component operable to receive a signaling message or event relating to a multimedia or voice session;

a plurality of applications each programmed to perform at least one service relating to the signaling message or event, or relating to media associated with the signaling message or event; and

a second processing component programmed to apply service level logic and any environmental and contextual information at the service level to the signaling message or event in order direct processing of the signaling message, signaling event, or media associated therewith to a first application where appropriate as determined by at least one policy, the second processing component being further programmed to direct processing of the signaling message, signaling event, or media to a second application where appropriate based upon a result of the first application and at least one policy, the second processing component being further programmed to trigger a call or workflow for performing an action in response to the signaling message, signaling event, or associated media where appropriate as determined by at least one policy.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein performing at least one service includes processing the servicing message, servicing event, or associated media.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the signaling message, signaling event, or associated media includes multimedia information.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the plurality of applications are in a converged container.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the second processing component resides at a session layer;

the system includes at least one enabler; and

the signaling message, event, or associated media is received from a network layer and is able to be processed using any of the plurality of applications and enablers by the second processing component as determined by at least one policy.

6. A system according to claim 5, further comprising:

a SCIM component at the network level operable to perform network level composition or orchestration before passing processing of the signaling message, event, or media to the second processing component.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein applying the at least one policy includes at least one of performing queries to the environmental and contextual information and composing service level code.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein the second processing component includes one of a network protocol routing component, a message dispatching component, a call control enabler, an application dispatcher, and a session initiation protocol (SIP) servlet composition in SIP application services (SIP AS).

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein the network is based on an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture, a public-switched telephone network (PSTN) architecture, and an Internet-based architecture.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein the message processing component is one of a pre-defined composition and a composition of enablers or application components using enablers.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the enablers include at least one of a media control enabler and a call control enabler.

12. A system according to claim 1, wherein the processing of the signaling message, event, or media includes launching an SOA process.

13. A system according to claim 1, wherein the signaling message or event includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request.

14. A system according to claim 1, wherein the message processing component is a Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM)-based component operable to dictate a sequence of services used to process the signaling message/event.

15. A system according to claim 1, wherein the signaling message/event processing component is further programmed to direct the signaling message/event to at least one other application instance based at least in part on load balancing.

16. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a Web services component programmed to direct the signaling message to the message processing component.

17. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the second processing component is a service layer dispatching component programmed to process the signaling message, event, or associated media further based on at least one of a routing table and a routing application.

18. A system according to claim 1, wherein:

the second processing component is programmed to directly compose processing of the signaling message or event.

19. A method of processing a signaling message or signaling event, comprising:

receiving a signaling message or signaling event relating to a session, the signaling message or signaling event able to have media associated therewith;

applying service level logic and environmental and contextual information at the service layer to the signaling message, event, or associated media in order to direct processing signaling message, event, or associated media using a first application; and

directing processing of the signaling message, event, or associated media to a second application based further on a processing result of the first application.

20. A method according to claim 19, wherein applying service level logic includes applying at least one policy for the signaling message, event, or associated media including one of performing queries to the context information and composing service level code.

21. A method according to claim 19, wherein:

applying the service level logic includes one of using a pre-defined composition and composing enablers or application components using enablers.

22. A method according to claim 19, further comprising:

kicking off a workflow to further control processing of the signaling message, event, or associated media.

23. A method according to claim 22, wherein the signaling message or event includes a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) request.

24. A computer program product embedded in a computer readable medium for processing a signaling message using service level logic, comprising:

program code for receiving a signaling message or signaling event relating to a session, the signaling message or signaling event able to have media associated therewith;

program code for applying service level logic and environmental and contextual information at the service layer to the signaling message, event, or associated media in order to direct processing signaling message, event, or associated media using a first application; and

program code for directing processing of the signaling message, event, or associated media to a second application based further on a processing result of the first application.