Voice browser with integrated TCAP and ISUP interfaces

• US 20030233239A1
• Filed: 06/14/2002
• Published: 12/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Creamer, Thomas E., Moore, Victor S., Winters, Scott L., Walters, Glen R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,822,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 3/0029 Provisions for intelligent networking

Abstract

A voice browser configured to process voice markup language documents can include a voice processing application and an integrated communications interface for interacting with a voice processing system. The voice browser can be configured to load the voice processing application independently of a received telephone call. The integrated communications interface can include at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part component for receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP component for receiving a telephony control signal.

Claims

1. A voice browser comprising a telephony application and an integrated communications interface for interacting with a voice processing system, wherein said voice browser is configured to load said telephony application independently of a received telephone call.

2. The voice browser of claim 1, wherein said integrated communications interface includes at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part component for sending and receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP component for sending and receiving a telephony control signal.

3. The voice browser of claim 1, wherein said telephony application is configured to perform a telephony service selected from the group consisting of number translation, calling name delivery, and local number portability.

4. The voice browser of claim 2, wherein said integrated transaction capabilities application part component and said integrated ISUP component are software components.

5. The voice browser of claim 4, wherein said software components are Java beans.

6. The voice browser of claim 2, wherein said telephony application includes an object tag referencing said integrated communications interface.

7. A voice browser comprising an integrated transaction capabilities application part component for sending and receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP component for sending and receiving a telephony control signal.

8. A voice processing system comprising:

a speech and text-to-speech processor;

at least one voice processing application;

a coordination processor configured to coordinate the operation of said speech and text-to-speech processor and said at least one voice processing application; and

a plurality of active voice browsers, wherein each one of said active voice browsers includes a communications interface for communicating with said coordination processor, said communications interface having at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part component for sending and receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP component for sending and receiving a telephony control signal.

9. The voice processing system of claim 8, wherein said integrated transaction capabilities application part component and said integrated ISUP component are software components.

10. The voice processing system of claim 9, wherein said software components are Java beans.

11. The voice processing system of claim 8, further comprising a telephony application to be loaded within one of said voice browsers independently of a received telephone call.

12. The voice processing system of claim 8, wherein said active voice browser loads a telephony application for performing a telephony service selected from the group consisting of number translation, calling name delivery, and local number portability.

13. In a telephony voice processing system, a method of managing voice browser applications comprising:

allocating one or more active voice browsers, wherein each said voice browser includes at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part interface for sending and receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP interface for sending and receiving a telephony control signal; and

loading within one of said active voice browsers, a telephony application independently of whether said voice browser receives a telephone call.

14. The method of claim 13, said loading step further comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving a telephone call in said voice browser.

15. The method of claim 14, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application prior to answering said received telephone call.

16. The method of claim 13, said loading step further comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving in one of said active voice browsers a transaction capabilities application part query.

17. The method of claim 13, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving an ISUP telephony control signal.

18. The method of claim 13, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application for performing a telephony service selected from the group consisting of number translation, calling name delivery, and local number portability.

19. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

allocating one or more active voice browsers, wherein each said voice browser includes at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part interface for sending and receiving a transaction capabilities application part query and an integrated ISUP interface for sending and receiving a telephony control signal; and

loading within one of said active voice browsers, a telephony application independently of whether said voice browser receives a telephone call.

20. The machine-readable storage of claim 19, said loading step further comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving a telephone call in said voice browser.

21. The machine-readable storage of claim 20, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application prior to answering said received telephone call.

22. The machine-readable storage of claim 19, said loading step further comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving in one of said active voice browsers a transaction capabilities application part query.

23. The machine-readable storage of claim 19, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application responsive to receiving an ISUP telephony control signal.

24. The machine-readable storage of claim 19, said loading step comprising:

loading said telephony application for performing a telephony service selected from the group consisting of number translation, calling name delivery, and local number portability.