Protocol independent telephony call lifecycle management scheme

• US 8,849,631 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2008
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kremer-Davidson, Shiri, Hartman, Alan, Keren, Mila, Pikus, Dmitri
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivas, Omar Fernandez
• Assistant Examiner(s): CALLE, ANGEL J.
• Application Number:
  US12/119,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20090285375A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,331 Days
• Field of Search: 703/6, 703/26
• US Class Current: 703/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/54 Object oriented software
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42136 Administration or customisation of services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A method of telephone call management in process of service development that allows a user to model and create telephone call management schemes independent of telecommunications protocols and network layer details. The method of the invention operates by creating an abstract model of a telephone call life-cycle that is converted, using a set of communication threads, into executable code. Models in accordance with the method of the invention are constructed using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for creating and developing telecom services that embodies the Telecom Service Domain Specific Language (TS-DSL) which is implemented as a Unified Modeling Language (UML) extension for the telecom domain. By this method, individuals without specialized knowledge of telecom related software programming and protocols can successfully design and implement telecom services that manages calls. The ease of implementation of the method also reduces design time and, therefore, time to market of the finished product.

Claims

1. A method of managing a lifecycle of a telephone call comprising:

creating an abstract model of telecommunication services to be provided during a call, comprising;

creating an abstract model of the call;

defining, based on the abstract model of the call, a plurality of communication threads to manage the abstract model of the call from initiation to termination;

wherein said communication threads are active in parallel and can be activated or deactivated as desired during the call;

translating the defined communication threads into executable software code;

establishing a real telephone call; and

executing the executable software code of the defined communication threads to manage the real telephone call over the lifecycle of the telephone call;

wherein the real telephone call is controlled by the defined communication threads, without manipulation of telecommunications protocols and/or network layers.