Method and system for pluggable terminal with TAPI
First Claim
1. A TAPI communications system, comprising:
- a processor;
a storage device coupled to the processor; and
a TAPI application component operative on the processor to register pluggable terminals with a terminal manager by providing a terminal class name, a media type, and a method of signaling events, to provide a list of registered terminals including the registered media type, to select a pluggable terminal for a communications session from the provided list, and to conduct the communications session, where the pluggable terminal is of a type created under the direction of an application and is associated with a virtual or non-virtual device, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface to the terminal manager.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and data structures for pluggable terminals are provided. Pluggable terminals are part of client and server TAPI communications systems. Pluggable terminal allow third parties to provide their own media processing devices and implement control methods for those devices. Methods for plugging in a pluggable terminal and conducting a communications session using the new pluggable terminal are described. A data structure for a pluggable terminal type has a wrapper around a media processing device control method. A data structure for registering a pluggable terminal has a terminal class name, a unique identifier, and a set of media types supported by the pluggable terminal. A data structure for a terminal base class has an interface for plugging in a pluggable terminal and another interface for a TAPI application component.
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24 Claims
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1. A TAPI communications system, comprising:
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a processor;
a storage device coupled to the processor; and
a TAPI application component operative on the processor to register pluggable terminals with a terminal manager by providing a terminal class name, a media type, and a method of signaling events, to provide a list of registered terminals including the registered media type, to select a pluggable terminal for a communications session from the provided list, and to conduct the communications session, where the pluggable terminal is of a type created under the direction of an application and is associated with a virtual or non-virtual device, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface to the terminal manager.
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2. A method in a computer system for implementing pluggable terminals for telephony communication, the method comprising:
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registering pluggable terminals with a terminal manager by providing a terminal class name, a media direction flow, a set of media types, and a method for signaling events;
receiving a request for available terminals;
in response to receiving the request, providing a list of registered terminals indicating the registered media direction flow and registered set of media types;
receiving a selection of a registered terminal;
instantiating a terminal object of the terminal class name for the selected registered terminal; and
conducting media processing during a communication session using the registered method of the instantiated terminal object for communicating media processing events, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface to the terminal manager. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to support pluggable terminals for telephony communication, by a method comprising:
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registering pluggable terminals with a terminal manager by providing a terminal class name, a media type, and a method for signaling events;
providing a list of registered terminals indicating the registered media type;
receiving a selection of a registered terminal;
instantiating a terminal object of the terminal class name for the selected registered terminal; and
processing media during a communication session using the registered method of the instantiated terminal object to communicate media processing events, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface to the terminal manager. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system for supporting pluggable terminals for telephony communication, comprising:
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a component that registers pluggable terminals by providing a media type and a method for signaling events;
a component that provides a list of registered terminals indicating the registered media type;
a component that receives a selection of a registered terminal;
a component that instantiates a terminal object for the selected registered terminal; and
a component that communicates media processing events during a communication session using the registered method of the instantiated terminal object, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system to support pluggable terminals for telephony communication, by a method comprising:
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registering pluggable terminals with a terminal manager;
receiving a selection of a registered terminal;
instantiating a terminal object for the selected registered terminal; and
processing media during a communication session using a method of the instantiated terminal object to communicate media processing events, wherein the pluggable terminals provide a uniform interface to the terminal manager. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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