Patent ID: 7149793

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: deducing at a terminal necessary support and service components for providing one or more end-user services; constructing at said terminal at least one configuration request message for invoking individual service components composing said one or more end-user services; transmitting, in accordance with pre-defined criteria, said at least one configuration request message from said terminal to a service entity invoking unit within said communications network; and receiving said at least one configuration request message at said service entity invoking unit, said service entity invoking unit operable to: determine said individual service components from said at least one configuration request; and, transmitting messages 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 terminal, wherein all decisions about the composing of the service and the way of forwarding the requests are made by said terminal, whereby said one or more end-user services are provided to said terminal based one said at least one configuration request message constructed by said terminal.