| titleOfInvention |
Meta service selector, meta service selector protocol, method, client, service, network access server, distributed system, and a computer software product for deploying services over a plurality of networks |
| abstract |
The invention relates to distributed services, i.e. resources, deployed over a plurality of networks. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for invoking a service ( 2.3 ) indirectly comprising the steps of creating a Meta Service Selector (‘( 2 ) Service Request Instruction’, ‘( 3 ) Service Request Instruction’), transmitting the Meta Service Selector (‘( 2 ) Service Request Instruction’, ‘( 3 ) Service Request Instruction’) to said Meta Service Selector Interpreter ( 2.1 ), interpreting the Meta Service Selector (‘( 2 ) Service Request Instruction’, ‘( 3 ) Service Request Instruction’), establishing a service invocation context and executing the Meta Service Selector commands invoking the service ( 2.3 ), and transmitting the service result (‘( 4 ) Service Reply’) to its destiny ( 2.1 ). Furthermore the invention relates to a client, a service, an application server, a network access server, a meta service selector, a meta service selector interpreter, a distributed system, and computer software products. |