Patent ID: 6920490

Claim:
A method in a communication network for invoking services, the communication network comprising at least two service entities, the method comprising the steps of: a) deducing at a mobile terminal necessary support and service components for providing one or more end-user services; b) constructing at said mobile terminal at least one configuration request message for invoking individual service components composing said one or more end-user services; c) transmitting, in accordance with pre-defined criteria, said at least one configuration request message from said mobile terminal to a service invoking unit within said communications network; and d) receiving said at least one configuration request message at said service invoking unit, said service invoking unit operable to: 1) determine said individual service components from said at least one configuration request; and, 2) transmitting massages to said at least two service entities to invoke said individual service components necessary to provide said one or more end-user services to said mobile terminal, wherein all decisions about the composing of the service and the way of forwarding the requests is made by said mobile terminal, whereby said one or more end-user services are provided to said mobile terminal based one said configuration request message constructed by said mobile terminal.