Patent ID: 8442031

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, at a proxy associated with one or more service endpoints, a plurality of base protocol messages formatted in accordance with a plurality of base protocols, said plurality of base protocol message messages associated with said one or more service endpoints; obtaining, using said plurality of base protocol messages, service information associated with at least one network service; and generating, in response to said plurality of base protocol messages, a plurality of companion protocol messages formatted in accordance with a companion protocol, wherein corresponding proxies are adapted to proxy the plurality of base protocol messages for transmission towards respective service endpoints and at least one of said proxies is operable for generating or terminating at least one companion protocol message to render companion protocol messaging transparent to the service end point; said at least one companion protocol message generated using at least a portion of said service information; said at least one companion protocol message operable for controlling said at least one network service in a manner transparent to said service endpoint.