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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Walter Cooper Chastain, Atlanta, GA (US);
Reuben Klein, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/14 (2022.01); G06F 8/36 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 41/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/145 (2013.01); G06F 8/36 (2013.01); G06F 9/5072 (2013.01); H04L 41/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating a custom service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor determines that the custom service does not exist, receives one or more desired functions for the custom service, creates the custom service having the one or more desired functions and modifies one or more network elements within the communication network to perform the one or more desired functions to deploy the custom service.