Patent ID: 7697415

Claim:
A method, performed by one or more devices, for managing resources at one of a plurality of service nodes in an intelligent network, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more devices, a communications event for a requested service; identifying, by the one or more devices, an availability of a first set of service objects based on the receiving; executing, by the one or more devices, the first set of service objects in one of a plurality of local execution environments to perform the requested service; and monitoring, by the one or more devices, the executing or the availability of the first set of service objects, where the monitoring includes: determining a sub-status for members, of the first set of service objects, which comprise an active status that indicates that the members of the first set of service objects can be executed at the one service node; and determining a sub-status for members, of the first set of service objects, which comprise an overload status that indicates that the members of the first set of service objects cannot be executed at the one service node.