	US 7,414,981 B2
	Method and system for event and message registration by an association controller
Paul Daniel Jaramillo, Westminster, Colo. (US); Jafar S. Nabkel, Boulder, Colo. (US); and Ronald J. Egan, Aurora, Colo. (US)
Assigned to Qwest Communications International, Inc., Denver, Colo. (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/85,424.
Application 10/085424 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/842986, filed on Apr. 25, 2001, granted, now 6,674,725.
Prior Publication US 2002/0196741 A1, Dec. 26, 2002
Int. Cl. H04L 12/26 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 370—252 [370/465]

55 Claims

1. A system for providing integrated control of at least one transport resource provided by at least one communication network service provider comprising:

at least one Association Controller (AC) connectable to a plurality of communications networks so as to communicate with system entities, wherein the at least one AC dynamically receives an event registration list (ERL), which includes at least one event, through an interactive exchange of one or more commands with an integrated services controller (ISC) associated with the at least one AC, registering one or more events from the one or more communication services which have a notification interest in said events;

wherein the at least one AC dynamically receives a corresponding message registration list (MRL) through an interactive exchange with the associated at least one ISC, wherein messages described in the MRL relate to handling of the at least one event, where the messages comprise: message primitives and at least one related message payload information element which further comprises requested event context criteria.