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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2008
Applicants:

Neil Dholakia, Austin, TX (US);

Edward S. Pelley, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Thomas A. Palkot, Austin, TX (US);

Bryan P. Tacker, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Neil Dholakia, Austin, TX (US);

Edward S. Pelley, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Thomas A. Palkot, Austin, TX (US);

Bryan P. Tacker, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various systems and methods for identifying and calling functions to perform various tasks. One aspect provides a method of exposing a set of device-specific functions associated with a subscriber. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) identifying service descriptions associated with the subscriber, (2) mapping end points associated with the subscriber to roles in at least one of the service descriptions and (3) collecting at least one function associated with the at least one role in the at least one of the service descriptions.


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