Integrated service creation and execution platforms for the converged networks
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.
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.