Method and apparatus for providing media resources in a communication network

A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• causing a network communicatively coupled to the processing system to send a transport protocol message to a server, wherein the transport protocol message enables the server to identify a codec or to determine a media server markup language (MSML) routine;
• based on the transport protocol message enabling the server to identify the codec, obtaining a first media service from a first media resource function, wherein the server facilitates the obtaining by accessing the first media resource function using a first operable resource identifier associated with the first media resource function, and wherein the server is configured to obtain the first operable resource identifier by searching a codec table;
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• based on the transport protocol message enabling the server to determine the MSML routine, receiving a second media service from a second media resource function, wherein the server facilitates the receiving by accessing the second media resource function using a second operable resource identifier associated with the second media resource function, and wherein the server is configured to obtain the second operable resource identifier by searching an MSML table.

A mobile device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• causing a network communicatively coupled to the mobile device to send a transport protocol message to a server, wherein the transport protocol message enables the server to identify a codec or to determine a media server markup language (MSML) routine;
• based on the transport protocol message enabling the server to identify the codec, accessing a first media service from a first media resource function, wherein the accessing is based on a first command from the server to the first media resource function, wherein the server accesses the first media resource function using a first operable resource identifier associated with the first media resource function, and wherein the server is configured to obtain the first operable resource identifier by searching a codec table;
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• based on the transport protocol message enabling the server to determine the MSML routine, accessing a second media service from a second media resource function, wherein the accessing the second media service is based on a second command from the server to the second media resource function, wherein the server accesses the second media resource function using a second operable resource identifier associated with the second media resource function, and wherein the server is configured to obtain the second operable resource identifier by searching an MSML table.