Patent ID: 11902103
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for creating a service in a software defined network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor deployed in the software defined network, from an endpoint of a customer, a request for the service where one or more desired functions for the service do not exist, wherein the service comprises a plurality of service components chained together in a single-layer fashion or in a hierarchical fashion, wherein each of the plurality of service components comprises a grouping of one or more applications, wherein each one of the one or more applications comprises a set of one or more virtual network functions coupled to one of a plurality of application control functions, wherein each of the one or more applications comprises a different application control function of the plurality of application control functions;
determining, by the processor, that the service in the request for the service does not exist;
creating, by the processor, the service having the one or more desired functions, wherein at least one of: an existing service component of the plurality of service components is capable of being reused or is capable of being modified, wherein the existing service component is acquired or is internally developed;
modifying, by the processor, one or more network elements within the software defined network to perform the one or more desired functions, wherein the one or more network elements comprise one or more of: a gateway, a router, a border element, a switch, or a server, and wherein the modifying comprises configuring the one or more network elements with the existing service component; and
storing, by the processor, the service that is created in a catalog of services.