Visual tool for developing service components for use in advanced intelligent networks

A method for visually generating a service component, said method comprising:

• a specifying at least one service building block, said specification comprising visually selecting a plurality of event handlers for inclusion in said at least one service building block;
• exporting said at least one service building block, said exporting step producing a deployment descriptor which describes events for which said at least one service building block has been configured to handle;
• visually arranging said at least one service block, said arrangement forming the service component;
• and,
• configuring the service component produced by said visual arrangement for insertion in a service logic execution environment (SLEE) in an advanced intelligent network.

A machine readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program for visually generating a service component, said computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

• specifying at least one service building block, said specification comprising visually selecting a plurality of event handlers for inclusion in said at least one service building block;
• exporting said at least one service building block, said exporting step producing a deployment descriptor which describes events for which said at least one service building block has been configured to handle;
• visually arranging said at least one service block, said arrangement forming the service component;
• and,
• configuring the service component produced by said visual arrangement for insertion in a service logic execution environment (SLEE) in an advanced intelligent network.