Patent ID: 8451820

Claim:
A method of processing multi-media service requests, comprising: receiving a request message in a third format at a processor and processing the request message in the third format at the processor for generating a media server instruction message in the third format, wherein a gateway controller has received the request message in a first format for a multi-media service and translated the request message in the first format into a request message in a second format, and wherein a switching device has received the request message in the second format and translated the request message in the second format into the request message in the third format; and transmitting the media server instruction message in the third format to the switching device for enabling the switching device to process 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 wherein the media server instruction message in the second format is received at the gateway controller, wherein the gateway controller maps an attribute 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 receives and responds to the media server instruction message in the fourth format by forming a multi-media communication path with a communication device at a customer premises.