Patent ID: 7756121

Claim:
A method of processing multi-media service requests received at a multi-media services provider system, comprising: receiving at least one request message in a first format for at least one multi-media service at a gateway controller located on the multi-media services provider system and translating the at least one request message in the first format into at least one request message in a second format; receiving the at least one request message in the second format at a switching device located on the multi-media services provider system and translating the at least one request message in the second format into at least one request message in a third format; receiving the at least one request message in the third format at a processor located on the multi-media services provider system and processing the at least one request message in the third format at the processor for generating a media server instruction message in the third format; receiving the media server instruction message in the third format at the switching device and processing the media server instruction message in the third format at the switching device to translate the media server instruction message into the second format; and receiving the media server instruction message in the second format at the gateway controller, wherein the gateway controller is operative for mapping predetermined attributes of the media server instruction message in the second format into a media server instruction message in a fourth format and wherein a media server located on the multi-media services provider system receives and responds to the media server instruction message in the fourth format by forming a multi-media communication path with at least one communication device at a customer premises.