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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2007
John O'connell, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
John O'Connell, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The invention focuses on providing services () originating from a plurality of services () through one central network element (), which may be integrated in a gateway. The network element performs a method comprising:—combining pluralities of independent service elements () to form respective service compositions;—providing a plurality of service chaining applications, each of said service chaining applications being associated with one of said service compositions and defining a set of network and/or user events associated with actions for controlling the independent service elements () of the corresponding service composition; wherein upon triggering of at least one service composition said method further comprises:—identifying and executing a corresponding service chaining application to manage instances of the independent service elements () comprised in said service composition in accordance with current network and/or user events; and—managing said network resources and said network services in accordance with a totality of current instances of independent service elements ().