Telephony control mechanism

A computer software telephony control mechanism on a carrier medium, the computer software telephony control mechanism comprising a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions,

• wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and
• wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within a telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required.

A call handling system comprising a telephony control mechanism including a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions,

• wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and
• wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within a telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required.

A telephony control mechanism comprising relocatable serialised object means having identifiable root node means providing access to a directed graph means, which directed graph means includes a plurality of telephony control function module means,

• wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and
• wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within a telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required.

A telecommunications apparatus comprising at least one interface to a telecommunications network and a telephony control mechanism including a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions,

• wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and
• wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within the telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required.

A method of configuring telecommunications apparatus to provide a telephony control, the method comprising:

• relocating a copy of a telephony control mechanism from a remote location via a telecommunications network to local storage in the telecommunications station, the telephony control mechanism comprising a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions, wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within the telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required;
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• registering the telephony control mechanism with the telecommunications apparatus.

A method of enabling remote configuring of telecommunications apparatus, the method including steps of:

• providing a plurality of different telephony control mechanisms at a web site, each telephony control mechanism comprising a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions, wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within the telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required;
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• enabling a user to select and to copy a selected telephony control mechanism from the web site for configuring a telephony control at the user's telecommunications apparatus.

A method of answering a telephone call in a telecommunications apparatus having an interface to a telecommunications network, the method including steps of:

• detecting an incoming call at the interface;
• and
• calling a root node of a serialised computer software telephony control mechanism, the computer software telephony control mechanism comprising a relocatable serialised object having an identifiable root node to a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of modules for performing telephony control functions, wherein each of the modules is an object corresponding to a telephony component that performs a low level function of a telephony application, the telephony application having a priority based on whether the telephony application processes voice calls or non-voice calls, and wherein the relocatable serialised object comprises an object instance converted to a data stream and stored within the telecommunications apparatus, where it is called by a class loader when required.