Patent ID: 6975596

Claim:
A process for generating service function modules for a signalling server which can provide signalling functions for control of communications via a communications network, wherein the process comprises: making available procedure modules for capturing, processing, and forming signalling messages of a communications network by means of a configuration server; displaying the procedure modules as symbols via a user interface on the configuration server; capturing a user-defined selection and arrangement of the symbols of the procedure modules on the user interface, combining the procedure modules by means of the configuration server into a service function module in a manner defined by the selection and arrangement of the respective symbols of the procedure modules on the user interface, wherein the captured arrangement of the symbols dictates a flow sequence of the procedure modules in the service function module; and making available the service function module by the configuration server for the signalling server, wherein the service function module transmits and receives signalling messages according to at least one of ITU-T Recommendation H.323, Session Initiation Protocol and Media Gateway Control Protocol.