METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PLATFORM APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE APPLETS

• US 20110283259A1
• Filed: 06/14/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Inventors: Cooke, Evan, Lawson, Jeffrey, Wolthuis, John
• Application Number:
  US13/160,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20110283259A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/00 Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/43 Billing software details
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/44 Augmented, consolidated or itemized billing statement or bill presentation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/51 for resellers, retailers or service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/68 Payment of value-added services

Abstract

A method and system for creating a telephony application with multiple applets, wherein the applets operate through a telephony platform, including the steps instantiating at least a first applet in an application configuration; adding an applet reference of a second applet in an outlet of the first applet; mapping a telephony endpoint to the first applet in an application configuration; and deploying the application on the telephony platform wherein an incoming communication to the telephony endpoint is routed to the first applet.

Claims

1. A method for creating a telephony application with multiple applets, wherein the applets operate through a telephony platform, the method comprising:

instantiating at least a first applet in an application configuration;

adding an applet reference of a second applet in an outlet of the first applet;

wherein the applet reference directs application control to a second applet upon the first application triggering the outlet;

mapping a telephony endpoint to the first applet in an application configuration; and

deploying the application on the telephony platform wherein an incoming communication to the telephony endpoint is routed to the first applet.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein an applet reference is a universal resource identifier (URI) to an applet.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephony endpoint is for telephony number using a voice protocol.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephony endpoint is for an endpoint using a telephony messaging protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein mapping a telephony endpoint further includes mapping a plurality of telephony endpoints to corresponding applet references that are specific for the protocol of the telephony endpoint.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising customizing applet instance variables of an applet that are initialized each time an instance of the applet is created.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein customizing the applet instance variables includes embedding instance variables of an applet in the reference of the applet.

8. The method of 6, further comprising presenting a customization interface that receives user input of at least one applet instance variable and user input on the applet reference to add to an outlet of an applet.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein presenting an interface includes composing a tree model of the application as defined by the connections between applets indicated by links between an applet outlet of an applet and an applet referenced in the applet outlet.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising delegating privileges to customize at least one applet in the tree model to a second user.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein composing a tree model includes dynamically determining nodes in the tree by traversing the application references in an applet starting with the first applet.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein presenting an interface includes modally presenting an instance variable customization interface of an applet.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein presenting an interface includes traversing the tree model to present an instance variable customization interface.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein traversing the tree model includes receiving user selection of an inlet or an outlet of a current applet and modally presenting an applet associated with the reference of the inlet or outlet.

15. A method for creating a multi-applet application, wherein applets operate through an application platform, the method comprising:

instantiating at least a first applet in an application configuration;

adding an applet reference of a second applet in an outlet of the first applet;

wherein the applet reference directs application control to a second applet upon the first application triggering the outlet;

mapping an communication endpoint to the first applet in an application configuration;

obtaining usage agreement information of a user account for the application;

deploying the application on the application platform; and

metering the application of the user account.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein metering the application of the user account includes metering the first applet and second applet independently.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising transferring payment from the user account based on a usage model for the first applet and the second applet and the usage agreement information for the application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the usage agreement information is a single agreement for the usage of the application;

and wherein metering is performed for each applet of the application.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the endpoint is a telephony endpoint, and the application is deployed on a telephony application platform.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising customizing applet instance variables of an applet that are initialized each time an instance of the applet is created;

and presenting a customization interface that receives user input of at least one applet instance variable and user input on the applet reference to add to an outlet of an applet.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein presenting an interface includes composing a tree model of the application as defined by the connections between applets indicated by links between an applet outlet of an applet and an applet referenced in the applet outlet;

and traversing the tree model and modally presenting an instance variable customization interface of an applet.