Webserver with telephony hosting function
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAnand Ramakrishna, Anthony John Bearon, David James Simons
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Abstract
A telephony application host has a web service environment and a telephony application proxy. The web service environment is adapted to host one or more instances of a telephony application. The telephony application proxy is adapted to receive telephony messages associated with the one or more instances of the telephony application and to proxy each received telephony message into a web request. The telephony application is adapted to process the web request within the web service environment.
Claims20
A telephony application host comprising:
- a web service environment adapted to host one or more instances of a telephony application;
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- a telephony application proxy adapted to receive telephony-related messages associated with the one or more instances of the telephony application and to proxy each received telephony message into a web request, the telephony application adapted to process the web request within the web service environment.
A method for managing telephony sessions comprising:
- hosting one or more instances of a telephony application in a web service environment, the telephony application comprising a web-based service, each of the one or more instances corresponding to an incoming call identifier;
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- returning a particular instance of the telephony application to manage multiple invocations of the web service based on the incoming call identifier.
A system for hosting telephone calls over a network, the system comprising:
- a web server having a web service environment for hosting one or more web services;
- a telephony application proxy adapted to communicate with a telephony access point and to proxy telephony messages into web requests;
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- a telephony application web service adapted to operate on the web and telephony messages within the web service environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.