Services versioning

摘要

Downloadable pluggable services and methods of distributing the same are described. The downloadable pluggable services may correspond to communication services that can be downloaded to upgrade a communication system. The downloadable pluggable services may include a number of component parts that can be distributed among various servers in the communication system being upgraded along with instructions that enable the component parts to instruct each server in the communication system to operate in a coordinated fashion so as to provide the downloaded service.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
providing a communication system to a plurality of users, wherein the communication system includes enabled services having a plurality of sets of enabled services that include multiple service versions; defining, for a first user in the plurality of users, a first set of enabled services that includes various service versions selected for the first user and that the first user is allowed to access from the communication system; defining, for a second user in the plurality of users, a second set of enabled services that includes various service versions selected for the second user and that the second user is allowed to access from the communication system, wherein the first set of enabled services differs from the second set of enabled services by at least one service version; bundling the first and second sets of enabled services and providing them to the first and second users via the communication system; and enforcing the first and second sets of enabled services during the first and second user's use of the communication system such that the first user is denied access to at least one service version in the second set of enabled services, and the second user is denied access to at least one service version in the first set of enabled services.