Method and apparatus for processing messages

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to transmit the transformed message to a desired destination.

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to

• receive an XML format Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages comprising message elements;
• compress the XML format message to a binary SOAP message by encoding the namespace used and the version number of the encoding in a binary header, encoding the application protocol packet type and TCP/IP acknowledgement data in the binary header, replacing each XML message element with a binary message element indicated by a lookup table, and
• transmit the binary SOAP message comprising binary message element to a desired destination.

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to respond to a binary format SOAP put message by sending a binary acknowledgement message to the sender of the binary message.

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to respond to a binary format SOAP message which is to be decompressed by sending a binary acknowledgement message to the sender of the binary message.

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to transmit the binary SOAP message by using User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

The apparatus of any preceding claim, configured to receive and transmit Extensible Markup Language (XML) format Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

The apparatus of any preceding claim, further configured to include, when transforming an XML/SOAP message to binary format, the namespace used and the version number of the encoding in the binary header.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• transmitting the transformed message to a desired destination.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising

• receiving an XML format Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages comprising message elements;
• compressing the XML format message to a binary SOAP message by encoding the namespace used and the version number of the encoding in a binary header, encoding the application protocol packet type and TCP/IP acknowledgement data in the binary header, replacing each XML message element with a binary message element indicated by a look up table, and
• transmitting the binary SOAP message comprising a binary message element to a desired destination.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising

• compressing headers of the XML format message to binary {header type, value} tuples, wherein the values for the header type of the tuples are selected on the basis of lookup tables and the value fields of the tuples are selected on the basis of the values in the XML format message.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• responding to a binary format SOAP put message by sending a binary acknowledgement message to the sender of the binary message.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• responding to a binary format SOAP message which is to be decompressed by sending a binary acknowledgement message to the sender of the binary message.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• storing lookup tables in a memory.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein the application protocol is Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

An apparatus, configured to

• receive and transmit binary Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages comprising a binary header and binary message elements, the binary header comprising an application protocol packet type and transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) acknowledgement data.