US Patent:
20190312930, Oct 10, 2019
Inventors:
- Broomfield CO, US
William Sella - Parker CO, US
Assignee:
Level 3 Communications, LLC - Broomfield CO
International Classification:
H04L 29/08
H04L 12/851
H04L 12/801
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing an API description of an external network service and using the API to integrate the external service into a network. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a service provider, a description of an application programming interface (API), transmitting a call to the service provider using the API for creating a new instance of a service and transmitting to the service provider a traffic flow upon which the service will be applied.