Patent Document ID: 8295271
Application ID: 11745405
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for supplying communication and data services across a dispersed Internet protocol capable network selectively connecting devices that are electrically attached to the network, the method comprising: initiating a control path connection on a network layer between individual components attached to the dispersed network and at least one central arbitration server; receiving a service request; initiating a data path connection between the individual components designated by the service request; initiating a service layer to supply the requested service; and allowing an application corresponding to the requested service to extensibly add a generic field within a call detail record for the service request, wherein the call detail record comprises network level call details, and to populate the generic field within a call detail record for the service request, the generic field being populated with information specific to the requested service, and wherein the generic field can be populated by a plurality of applications to add information specific to services offered by each of the plurality of applications.