Patent ID: 7330483

Claim:
A method of processing multi-media service requests received at a multi-media services provider system to form a multi-media communication path between at least a first communication device and at least a second communication device of a plurality of communication devices, the method comprising: receiving at least a first request message for at least one multi-media service at a call control element located on the multi-media services provider system; processing the first request message at the call control element for generating a second request message for the at least one multi-media service and including a message content identifier portion having at least a first predetermined information field and a second predetermined information field, wherein generating the second request message and including the message content identifier portion includes generating a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message and including a Content-Type field; and processing the second request message at a service broker element located on the multi-media services provider system for identifying a format and content of the second request message.