Patent application EP17175866A (EP), filed 2017-06-13
Publication number: EP3416412A1
Title: SERVICE ORCHESTRATION ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICE DOMAINS
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of orchestrating services across at least two different service domains in a communication network. The method comprises: (a) setting up a service orchestration rule set between a home operator, managing a first service domain and a sponsor service provider, managing a second service domain for obtaining a data structure for a service definition object, the home operator being identified by a home operator identifier; (b) receiving a list of available services from the sponsor service provider, each service on the list being identified by a service identifier; (c) receiving (91) a subscriber selection of at least one service from the list, the subscriber being identified by a subscription identifier; (d) adding (95) a first set of data to the service definition object, the first set of data comprising at least subscriber specific data; (e) sending (96) a service creation request to the sponsor service provider for subscribing to the selected service, the request comprising the home operator identifier, the subscription identifier, the service identifier of the selected service, the service definition object and a service instance identifier; and (f) receiving (99) a response from the sponsor service provider, the response comprising the service definition object complemented with a second set of data to allow the selected service to be executed.
IPC codes: H04L  29/    08            A I
H04W   4/    00            A I
H04W   4/    50            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A method of orchestrating services across at least two different service domains (3A, 17) in a communication network (1), the method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the home operator generating (93) the service instance identifier (127) in response to receiving the subscriber selection.
number: 3
text: The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the method further comprises the home operator receiving (45) the home operator identifier (102) from the sponsor service provider.
number: 4
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method further comprises the home operator generating the subscription identifier (119).
number: 5
text: The method according to claim 4, wherein the subscription identifier comprises a telephone number of the subscriber.
number: 6
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the subscriber is further identified by a home operator user identifier (115) generated by the home operator.
number: 7
text: The method according to claim 6, wherein at least two different subscription identifiers (119) are assigned to the home operator user identifier (115).
number: 8
text: The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the method further comprises registering (71, 75) the home operator user identifier (115) with the sponsor service provider.
number: 9
text: The method according to claim 8, wherein registering the home operator user identifier (115) comprises the sponsor service provider generating a sponsor service provider user identifier (116) for the home operator user identifier (115).
number: 10
text: The method according to claim 9, wherein the sponsor service provider user identifier (116) is assigned to at least two different home operator user identifiers of a single subscriber.
number: 11
text: The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the method further comprises the sponsor service provider synchronising data of at least two different services of a single subscriber.
number: 12
text: The method according to claim 11, wherein the at least two different services are offered by at least two different home operators.
number: 13
text: The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the second set of data comprises communication authentication parameters.
number: 14
text: A computer program product comprising instructions for implementing the steps of the method according to claim 1 when loaded and run on computing means of a processing unit.
number: 15
text: A processing unit for orchestrating services across at least two different service domains (3A, 17) in a communication network (1), the processing unit comprising means for:
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-12-19
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Final disposition: pending (2018-12-19)