Patent ID: 8630292

Claim:
A method of distributing service messages coming from a client terminal targeted to multiple service units or applications in one or more application servers in a multimedia service network, said service messages including data for services in the multimedia service network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving a single multi-service message from said client terminal related to a plurality of different services activated for the client terminal in the multimedia network, said multi-service message comprising a plurality of service message documents, each document including service-related data for a corresponding service from said plurality of different services and targeted to a specific service unit or application supporting said corresponding service, wherein the multi-service message includes a common header section, a body with sections for each separate service message document included therein, and an expiry time given in the common header that is valid for those service message documents lacking an individual expiry time; converting the received multi-service message into a plurality of individual service messages corresponding to said documents; and sending each of said individual service messages separately towards its respective target service unit or application.