| 摘要 |
<p>Method for providing services in a communication network comprising service customer hosts and service provider hosts, said service customer hosts (11) comprising a client application (111) adapted to perform a client/server communication, said method comprising the steps of: Storing data structures, herein called service profiles (121), at a predefined communication network repository (12), a service profile (121) comprising attributes and properties representing a service type; Storing one or more instantiations of said service profile, herein called service description (131), on a predefined service description server (13), each service description (131) describing a service belonging to one service type and comprising an identifier of a service provider host (14) providing said service. Downloading a service profile (121) at a communication module (112) of said service customer host (11); Generating at said service customer host (11) a request describing a service by using attributes and properties of said service profile (121) and sending said request to said service description server (13); Searching at said service description server (13) service descriptions (131) fulfilling said request and returning to said communication module (112) an identifier of a service provider host (14) providing a service fulfilling said request; Forwarding to said client application (111) said identifier of a service provider host (14, 15) over an interface (I) between said communication module (112) and said client application (111); and Performing a client /server communication between said client application (111) and said identified service provider host (14). <IMAGE></p> |
