Gateway between a data network and a service network
First Claim
1. A gateway, between first and second data networks, for enabling the first network to access services in application servers of the second network, the first network comprising nodes susceptible of being involved in a call to a given service, the messages from at least one of the nodes of the first network conforming to a protocol different from the protocol of the messages from said application servers, the gateway comprising:
- software elements representing the services of the second network;
the software elements being adapted to manage the protocols of the first and second networks;
the gateway performing operations comprising;
identifying the opening of a first dialog, by one of the nodes of the first network, for an access to a given one of the services in the second network;
in response to the opening of the first dialog, associating a representative one of the software elements with the first dialog;
identifying the opening of a second dialog, by another one of the nodes of the first network, for the access to the given service;
making a determination as to whether the first dialog and the second dialog are related to the same access of the given service; and
when the determination is affirmative, associating the same representative element for the first dialog with the second dialog and then communicating with one of the application servers, for the given service, using the representative element.
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Abstract
A gateway transmits messages between a first network and a second network to enable the first network to access services in application servers on the second network. It associates a representative element for a dialog with a node of the first network for a given service call. It associates the same representative element for a dialog with another node of the first network relating to the same service call.
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9 Claims
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1. A gateway, between first and second data networks, for enabling the first network to access services in application servers of the second network, the first network comprising nodes susceptible of being involved in a call to a given service, the messages from at least one of the nodes of the first network conforming to a protocol different from the protocol of the messages from said application servers, the gateway comprising:
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software elements representing the services of the second network;
the software elements being adapted to manage the protocols of the first and second networks;
the gateway performing operations comprising;
identifying the opening of a first dialog, by one of the nodes of the first network, for an access to a given one of the services in the second network;
in response to the opening of the first dialog, associating a representative one of the software elements with the first dialog;
identifying the opening of a second dialog, by another one of the nodes of the first network, for the access to the given service;
making a determination as to whether the first dialog and the second dialog are related to the same access of the given service; and
when the determination is affirmative, associating the same representative element for the first dialog with the second dialog and then communicating with one of the application servers, for the given service, using the representative element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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