US Patent Application 18028939. Method and Apparatus for Application Programming Interface Management simplified abstract

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Method and Apparatus for Application Programming Interface Management

Organization Name

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)


Inventor(s)

Wenliang Xu of Shanghai (CN)

Method and Apparatus for Application Programming Interface Management - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18028939 titled 'Method and Apparatus for Application Programming Interface Management

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a method and apparatus for API management.

  • The method involves a first network function sending a request to a second network function to discover a service application programming interface (API).
  • The first network function then receives a response from the second network function, which includes information about the location of at least one API exposing function that provides the discovered service API.


Original Abstract Submitted

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide method and apparatus for API management. A method performed by a first network function. The method comprises sending a first service application programming interface (API) discover request to a second network function. The method further comprises receiving a first service API discover response from the second network function. The first service API discover response comprises location information of at least one API exposing function providing the discovered service API.