Patent ID: 7430200

Claim:
An arrangement for controlling communication connections in a packet-oriented communication system, comprising: at least one communication master computer for controlling communication connections based on exchanged signaling messages; and at least one service provider unit for providing communication services for establishing and controlling connections based on bi-directional communication service calls with at least one service user unit, each service provider unit comprising an interface to couple the respective unit with the at least one service user unit, wherein each communication master computer comprises an interface to couple the respective computer with the at least one service provider unit, wherein each service user unit registers with the coupled service provider unit such that the service provider unit includes preferred parameters of the respective registered unit, wherein the at least one service user unit invokes the web services based communication service via a service call, the service call independent of a standard signaling protocol, wherein the at least one service provider unit having the invoked service sends a message having parameters to the at least one master computer, the message having a protocol independent of the standard signaling protocol, wherein the at least one master computer converts the parameters to a standard signaling protocol message and sends the message to a communication unit.