System and method for integrated telephony switching
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsBradley J. McNiff, Cedric H. Druce
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Abstract
A telephony system includes a switch coupled to a call agent and a legacy application, and further coupled to resources, some controlled by the call agent and others controlled by the legacy application. The switch processes connection requests from the call agent and the legacy application, and, using a resource emulator as an intermediary, establishes connections between call agent controlled resources and legacy application controlled resources.
Claims33
An integrated telephony switching system, comprising:
- a first application operable to control a first resource using a first protocol;
- a second application operable to control a second resource using a second protocol;
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- a hybrid switch, comprising:
- a switching matrix coupled to the first resource and the second resource;
- a resource emulator;
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- a controller, operable:
- to receive a first signal from the first application using the first protocol, wherein the first signal comprises a first origin indicating the first resource and a first destination indicating the resource emulator;
- to receive a second signal from the second application using the second protocol, wherein the second signal comprises a second origin indicating the resource emulator and a second destination indicating the second resource;
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- to connect the first resource and the second resource using the switching matrix.
A method for integrated telephony switching, comprising:
- receiving a first connection request from a first controller, wherein the first connection request requests a connection between a first resource coupled to a switching matrix and a resource emulation module;
- receiving a second connection request from a second controller, wherein the second connection request requests a connection between the resource emulation module and a second resource coupled to the switching matrix;
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- connecting the first resource and the second resource using the switching matrix.
A hybrid telecommunications switch, comprising:
- a switching matrix;
- a resource emulation module;
- a first call control module operable to receive a first connection request, wherein the first connection request requests a connection between a first resource coupled to the switching matrix and the resource emulation module;
- a second call control module operable to receive a second connection request, wherein the second connection request requests a connection between the resource emulation module and a second resource coupled to the switching matrix;
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- a switching matrix controller operable to connect the first resource and the second resource using the switching matrix.
Telephony switching software embodied in a computer readable medium and operable to:
- receive a first connection request from a first controller, wherein the first connection request requests a connection between a first resource coupled to a switching matrix and a resource emulation module;
- receive a second connection request from a second controller, wherein the second connection request requests a connection between the resource emulation module and a second resource coupled to the switching matrix;
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- connect the first resource and the second resource using the switching matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.