Telecommunications voice server leveraging application web-server capabilities
First Claim
1. A method for providing voice telephony services comprising the steps of:
- receiving a call via a telephone gateway;
said telephone gateway conveying call identifying data to a resource connector;
responsively establishing at least one media port within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call;
constructing a call description object that includes said call identifying data and an identifier for said at least one media port;
conveying said call description object to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for said call;
said telephony application server initiating at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine;
said speech engine conveying results of said programmatic action to said media converter through said at least one media port; and
said media converter streaming speech signals for said call based upon said results.
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Abstract
A method for providing voice telephony services can include the step of receiving a call via a telephone gateway. The telephone gateway can convey call identifying data to a resource connector. A media port can be responsively established within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call. A call description object can be constructed that includes the call identifying data and an identifier for the media port. The call description object can be conveyed to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for the call. The telephony application server can initiate at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine. The speech engine can convey results of the programmatic action to the media converter through the media port. The media converter can stream speech signals for the call based upon the results.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for providing voice telephony services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call via a telephone gateway;
said telephone gateway conveying call identifying data to a resource connector;
responsively establishing at least one media port within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call;
constructing a call description object that includes said call identifying data and an identifier for said at least one media port;
conveying said call description object to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for said call;
said telephony application server initiating at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine;
said speech engine conveying results of said programmatic action to said media converter through said at least one media port; and
said media converter streaming speech signals for said call based upon said results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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receiving a call via a telephone gateway;
said telephone gateway conveying call identifying data to a resource connector;
responsively establishing at least one media port within a media converter that is communicatively linked to the telephone gateway through a port associated with the call;
constructing a call description object that includes said call identifying data and an identifier for said at least one media port;
conveying said call description object to a telephony application server that provides at least one speech service for said call;
said telephony application server initiating at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine;
said speech engine conveying results of said programmatic action to said media converter through said at least one media port; and
said media converter streaming speech signals for said call based upon said results. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A telephony system with speech capabilities comprising:
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a telephony gateway communicatively linked to a telephone network;
a telephone application server including a plurality of virtual machines, said virtual machines including a telephone serve, a dialogue server, and a speech server;
a resource connector that is a communication intermediary between said telephone gateway and said telephone application server, wherein call information is gathered by said resource locator and conveyed to the telephone application server; and
a media converter that is a communication intermediary between said telephone gateway and said application server, wherein speech signals are streamed between the telephone gateway and at least one speech engine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for providing voice telephony services comprising the steps of:
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receiving a call via a telephone gateway;
packetizing call information into a plurality of messages normalized for an application server environment;
initializing at least one media socket within a media converter, where said media socket is allocated for approximately a duration of the call;
conveying said messages to a telephone application server that provides at least one speech service for said call;
said telephony application server initiating at least one programmatic action of a communicatively linked speech engine;
said speech engine establishing a communication link with said converter via said media socket; and
conveying audio signals between said speech engine and said telephone gateway using said media converter as a communication intermediary, wherein once said speech engine has completed executing said at least one programmatic action, disconnecting said speech engine from said media socket so that said media socket is available for communications with other speech engines. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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