Patent ID: 11916728
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for provisioning a network service, the method comprising:
receiving a user request to provision a network service;
determining an abstracted task to provision a network element associated with the network service based on the user request;
determining a network-specific task associated with a first network and the abstracted task;
configuring the network element to provide the network service to an endpoint by sending one or more network-specific commands associated with the network-specific task to the network element; and
presenting a plurality of requests for standardized network services to a user, wherein the network element is configured in response to receiving a selection of one of the requests for standardized network services, wherein the one of the requests for standardized network services specifies the network service.