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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Yunjie Lu, Shanghai, CN;

Yong Yang, Kållered, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method () performed by a service consumer. The method includes invoking a service provided by a first service producer. Invoking the service comprises generating a service request message and transmitting the service request message to the first service producer. In some embodiments, transmitting the service request message to the first service producer comprises transmitting, to the first service producer, a message comprising a header and a body, the body comprising the service request message and the header comprising service consumer information comprising: i) first feature information that identifies a set of one or more features of a service that is provided by a second service producer and that is supported by the service consumer, and/or ii) first version information that identifies set of one or more versions of an application programming interface (API) for the service provided by the second service producer that is supported by the service consumer.


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