Patent ID: 8856242

Claim:
A method for automating service invocation in message flows between a client and a server, said method comprising: generating a message including a content part by said client; transmitting said message by said client via a network to said server; wherein said method further includes intercepting said message by a message interception device in the network, said message interception device not having been addressed or referenced in any portion of said message; determining by said message interception device whether a service is needed for further execution by at least one service engine of a service environment network on said content part of said message, wherein said service is not requested or referenced in any portion of said message; and selecting, by the message interception device, at least one service engine for further execution at least one service on said content part of said message, and adapting, by the message interception device, said message such as to include the necessary information to further route said message towards said at least one service engine, thereby generating an adapted message.