Remote assembly of messages for distributed applications

• US 20030005032A1
• Filed: 05/01/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Inventors: Mussbacher, Gunter, Fullarton, Sonya, Liscano, Ramiro, Gray, Tom
• Granted Patent: US 7,318,109 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for remote assembly of messages to create a control message, comprising a shared coordination space for assembly of messages, and a plurality of components for performing predefined actions and for exchanging messages according to a predefined ontology. The plurality of components includes a first component for directing other ones of the components to publish information on the coordination space and in response gather several distinct pieces of the information and assemble the distinct pieces as a message by which to control the actions of said the component. According to a preferred embodiment, the shared coordination space is a tuple space, one of the components is a call control application for controlling a communication switch, and at least one other component is a directory application containing location information.

Claims

1. A system for remote assembly of messages to create a control message, comprising:

a shared coordination space for assembly of said messages; and

a plurality of components for performing predefined actions and for exchanging messages according to a predefined ontology, said plurality including a first component for directing other ones of said components to publish information on said coordination space and in response gather several distinct pieces of said information and assemble said distinct pieces as a message by which to control the actions of said first component.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said shared coordination space is a tuple space and said ontology type-value pairs to represent said information.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said first component is a wireless device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said first component comprises a call control application for controlling a communication switch and at least one of said other ones of said components comprises a directory application for storing location information.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said call control application communicates directly with said shared coordination space for exchanging said messages.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein said call control application communicates with said shared coordination space through said communication switch.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein at least a further one of said other ones of said components comprises an authorization service.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein access to said location information in said directory application is via a WEB interface from a corporate directory that does not provide an API to its data.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein said call control application and said directory application execute within a WEB browser and utilize scripting language to communicate with said tuple space.

10. A method of synchronizing a call control request to a communication switch with location data from a directory application using a tuple space, comprising:

user initiation of a request for use of a location-based feature from a call control application;

receiving caller identification at said call control application and in response sending said request and caller identification to said switch;

registering said request for location data at said switch by publishing an anti-tuple to said tuple space that includes said caller identification;

user selection of said location data from said directory application;

publishing a tuple to said tuple space that includes said location data from said directory application and said caller identification; and

matching said tuple with said anti-tuple within said tuple space and in response causing said communication switch to execute the location-based call feature requested by the user.

11. A method of synchronizing a call control request to a communication switch with location data from a directory application using a tuple space, comprising:

user initiation of a request for use of a location-based feature from a call control application;

registering said request for location data by publishing an anti-tuple to said tuple space;

user selection of said location data from said directory application;

publishing a tuple to said tuple space that includes said location data from said directory application; and

matching said tuple with said anti-tuple within said tuple space and in response causing said communication switch to execute the location-based call feature requested by the user.