Voice browser with integrated TCAP and ISUP interfaces

• US 7,822,609 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2002
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Creamer, Thomas E., Moore, Victor S., Winters, Scott L., Walters, Glen R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil; Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): Saint Cyr; Leonard
• Application Number:
  US10/172,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20030233239A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,056 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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. 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 comprises an integrated communications interface configured to communicate with a coordination processor of the voice processing system utilizing at least one of an integrated transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) interface for sending and receiving a TCAP query and an integrated services digital network user part (ISUP) interface for sending and receiving a telephony control signal;

selecting one of a plurality of telephony applications responsive to receiving a TCAP query or a ISUP telephony control signal by one of the active voice browsers, wherein the telephony application is selected independently of whether the voice browser receives a telephone call;

loading, within the voice browser, the selected telephony application, wherein said telephony application is loaded independently of receiving a telephone call and if a telephone call is received, prior to processing the received telephone call; and

selecting a voice markup language module responsive to receiving a telephone call and loading the selected voice markup language module to process the telephone call, the voice browser performing integrated selection and loading of the voice markup language module in response to a telephone call, and the voice browser performing selection and loading of the telephony application within the voice browser in response to a TCAP query or a ISUP telephony control signal and independently of whether the voice browser receives a telephone call.

2. The method of claim 1, 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.