Patent Document ID: 8989216
Application ID: 13436321

Base Claim:
1. A tangible non-transitory storage device readable by a machine, embodying a Diameter protocol command dictionary comprising: a first definition for a Diameter protocol command, wherein said Diameter protocol command is defined by a first default definition unless a first context applies in which case said command is defined by a context-specific definition, and the Diameter protocol command dictionary supports multiple versions of a standard, a second definition for a Diameter protocol attribute value pair (AVP), wherein said Diameter protocol or AVP is defined by a second default definition unless a second context applies in which case said AVP is defined by a second context-specific definition, wherein said Diameter protocol command dictionary interoperates with a Diameter protocol stack to perform functions for processing Diameter messages.

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Claim 15:
15. The tangible non-transitory storage device of claim 1 , wherein said Diameter protocol command dictionary is formatted in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file.