CPC H04L 67/10 (2013.01) [H04W 4/70 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |
1. A first network apparatus in a RESTful architecture, the first network apparatus comprising:
a memory comprising executable instructions; and
a processor that, when executing the executable instructions, effectuates operations comprising:
receiving, from a second network apparatus, a RESTful request to create at least one application-specific instance of an information model object in the RESTful architecture, wherein the request comprises:
at least one information model object description in the RESTful architecture, wherein the at least one information model object description is application-specific and is provided by a first entity executing on the second network apparatus; and
wherein the at least one information model object description comprises a description of a uniquely addressable resource; and
wherein the description comprises one or more characteristics, states, statuses, or other attributes of the information model object;
creating the at least one application-specific instance of the information model object based on the at least one information model object description received from the second network apparatus; and
transmitting a response to the second network apparatus comprising an identifier for the at least one application-specific instance of the information model object,
wherein the at least one application-specific instance of the information model object is accessible via RESTful requests issued by other entities implemented on other network apparatuses.
|