Patent ID: 7024450

Claim:
A service administration system for distributing service processing resources among one or more service nodes of an intelligent communications network, each service node providing services at a network resource associated with a service node, said system comprising: a device for receiving re-usable service components for providing services at a service node of said intelligent communications network, each said service component having an associated service profile defining service node resources required for storing, maintaining and executing said service; a device for receiving configuration criteria including physical resource capacity of each service node of said network; a database device for storing said received service components, said service node configuration criteria, and service profile associated with said service components; a distribution mechanism for distributing copies of said service components to one or more service nodes according to said service profile information associated with a service and a configuration criteria of said service nodes; and a trigger mechanism for automatically activating and deactivating said service component distributed to said service node, wherein utilization of service node resources are optimized by activating said service components at service nodes during periods of high demand for an associated service and deactivating service components at service nodes during periods of low demand for said service.