Patent ID: 8750279

Claim:
A method of allocating network assets for communication between first network endpoint and a second network endpoint, said method comprising: sending a session initiation invite to an application server for initiating a call flow between the network endpoints through the set of network assets, wherein the call flow is implemented by an application residing on an application server; in response to receiving the session initiation invite, sending a resource reservation message from the application server to an application manager, wherein the resource reservation message is provided to the application manager via a first interface of the application manager that employs a web services interface protocol, wherein the web services interface protocol is not a PacketCable multimedia (PCMM) protocol; from the application manager sending, via a second interface of the application manager, a request to a policy server to allocate network assets for creating a call flow path connecting the network endpoints to establish a session, said second interface using a protocol that is different from the web services interface protocol.