Patent ID: 7072957

Claim:
A method of remotely administering a service component comprising: identifying at least one service logic execution environment (SLEE) service component configured to perform at least one administrative function responsive to an occurrence of corresponding event which said service component has been registered in a SLEE to receive, said at least one administrative function comprising at least one function selected from a group consisting of detecting administrative information of the service component and posting a message containing the administrative information to an event handling component of the SLEE, re-loading the service component within the SLEE, unloading the service component within the SLEE, halting execution of an existing service executing within the service component, and resuming execution of a previously halted service executing within the service component; providing at least one administrative option included in a hypermedia document, each provided administrative option corresponding to at least one of said administrative functions; receiving a user specified administrative option in said hypermedia document; generating a SLEE compatible event based on said user specified administrative option, said generated event being one of said corresponding events; routing said event to said service component via said event handling component of the SLEE; and said service component processing said event and responsively performing said administrative function consistent with said event.