Telecommunications portal capable of interpreting messages from an external device

In a telecommunications system, a processing module in communication with telecommunications switch or other external communication device (collectively, “external device”), said processing module comprising one or more message handling objects that receive message fragments from one or more external devices, said message handling objects assembling said message fragments to discern one or more events and to form one or more messages such that each message is associated with at least one of the events and such that at least one of those messages is formed from a plurality of message fragments, and

• a dispatcher in communication with said message handling objects, said dispatcher identifying selected processes for processing the events discerned by the message handling object and invoking at least one process that dynamically binds to a processing context defining an action to be executed in response to at least one of said events for providing a communication service identified by the message associated with said event
• the invoked process executing tasks in order to process the respective events and, in connection therewith, providing communication services identified by the respective messages in connection with which that event was discerned,
• where one or more of the selected processes comprise context objects instantiated in response to discerned by the message handling object.

A method for communicating with an a telecommunications switch or other external communication device (collectively, “external device”), the method comprising the steps of

• receiving a plurality of message fragments from the external device,
• discerning an event and forming a message associated with said event from selected ones of said received message fragments, where at least one of those messages is formed from a plurality of message fragments,
• identifying selected processes for processing the events discerned by the message handling object, and invoking those processes with message in connection with which those events were discerned.
• wherein said selected processes executes task in order to process the respective events and, in connection therewith, provide a communication service identified by said message, and
• instantiating context objects within one or more of the selected processes in response to at least selected events.