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Communication system, application server and communication method for server cooperation

  • US 8,656,001 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2008
  • Issued: 02/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication system comprising:

  • an application server;

    a Web server coupled to the application server; and

    a plurality of service control servers coupled to the application server;

    the Web server receives a request from a terminal for requesting one of the communication services included in a plurality of service functions embodied by the plurality of service control servers; and

    transmits a first message to the application server based on the request, the first message being in conformity with Parlay X API and including an identifier of a first procedure;

    the application server receives the first message from the Web server;

    extracts the identifier of the first procedure from the received first message;

    manages a relation between the identifier of the first procedure, a rule, and an IP address of a first service control server of the plurality of service control servers, based upon a rule information;

    specifies the IP address of the first service control server and the rule, which correspond to the extracted identifier by using the rule information;

    stores the received first message with a corresponding second message of a second procedure, based upon a message rule information provided for the rule;

    converts the received first message into the corresponding second message based on the message rule information; and

    sends the corresponding second message to the first service control server including the specified IP address;

    the first service control server receives the corresponding second message from the application server; and

    provides the requested service function based on the corresponding second message.

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