Patent ID: 6836893
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method for establishing a communication path in a data-driven communication system, comprising:defining a first layer agent, a first set of predetermined policies for linking the first layer agent to a second layer agent, and a second set of predetermined policies for linking the second layer agent to a third layer agent; receiving, at the first layer agent, data related to a communication; invoking a first policy of the first set of predetermined policies in accordance with the data related to the communication; establishing a first policy chain through the first set of predetermined policies linking the first layer agent and the second layer agent; invoking a policy of the second set of predetermined policies in accordance with data received from the second layer agent; establishing a second policy chain through the second set of predetermined policies linking the second layer agent and the third layer agent, the first and second policy chains determining a communication path between the first layer agent and the third layer agent; modifying the communication path in response to at least one system feature associated with a trigger table pointing to a policy chain.