Real time application programming interface in a telecommunications network

A system for hosting a collaboration conference in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:

• a network interface configured to receive a communication from a user of a communications network to establish a collaboration conference on the network;
• a processing device in communication with the network interface unit;
• and
• a computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, instantiates an application programming interface that performs the operations of:
• receiving a collaboration conference access request from a client application program associated with the user;
• selecting a hosting conference bridge from a plurality of conference bridges associated with the network and configured to host a collaboration conference, the selection occurring in response to the collaboration conference access request received from the client application program associated with the user;
• translating the received collaboration conference access request to one or more instructions specific to the selected hosting conferencing bridge;
• and
• transmitting the one or more instructions specific to the selected hosting conferencing bridge to the selected hosting conferencing bridge.

A networking component of a telecommunications network comprising:

• a server comprising:
• a processor;
• and
• an application programming interface executed by the processor, application programming interface configured to perform the operations of:
• receiving a collaboration conference access request from a client application program associated with a client device associated with the telecommunications network, the collaboration conference access request received through a network interface unit of the server and configured to request access to a collaboration conference hosted by the telecommunications network;
• translating the received collaboration conference access request to one or more instructions specific to a hosting conferencing bridge selected from a plurality of conference bridges associated with the telecommunication's network, each of the plurality of conference bridges configured to host a collaboration conference, the selection occurring in response to the collaboration conference access request received from the client application program;
• and
• transmitting the one or more instructions specific to the selected hosting conferencing bridge to the selected hosting conferencing bridge.