Patent ID: 6985722

Claim:
A method of implementing a communication over a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: (i) initiating a request for a desired communication, the request identifying desired parameters and features for the desired communication; (ii) determining and constructing a proposed graph representing a proposed selection and arrangement of available filters and connections required to implement the desired communication; (iii) transmitting the proposed graph to the telecommunication network, the network analyzing the proposed graph to: (a) correct inconsistencies and/or detected errors in the proposed graph; and (b) determine and add any additional filters and/or connections required to implement the desired communication on the network to obtain an executable graph; (iv) transmitting the executable graph to the hardware of the telecommunication network required to implement the desired communication; (v) each hardware device of the telecommunication network that receives the executable graph determining from the executable graph which filters the device is required to implement and how those filters are to be interconnected in the device and to the network; and (vi) each device of the telecommunication network executing the respective filters and connections to implement the desired communication.