Methods, systems and devices for pipeline processing

A server configured for use in a telecommunications signaling network, comprising:

• a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a first message encoding signaling information from a source component;
• decoding the received first message into an internal representation that stores the signaling information included in the received first message in two or more structured information fields;
• processing the internal representation via a pipeline having a plurality of stages, each stage including one or more procedures for performing a specific set of tasks, wherein one of the tasks includes using a key included in the first message to augment the signaling information in one of the structured information fields;
• performing application level routing operations using contextual information derived from processing the internal representation in one of the plurality of stages to identify a destination component;
• encoding the signaling information contained in the two or more structured information fields of the internal representation into a second message;
• and
• sending the second message encoding the signaling information to the identified destination component.

A non-transitory server-readable storage medium having stored thereon server-executable instructions configured to cause a server to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first message encoding signaling information from a source component;
• decoding the received first message into an internal representation that stores the signaling information included in the received first message in two or more structured information fields;
• processing the internal representation via a pipeline having a plurality of stages, each stage including one or more procedures for performing a specific set of tasks, wherein one of the tasks includes using a key included in the first message to augment the signaling information in one of the structured information fields;
• performing application level routing operations using contextual information derived from processing the internal representation in one of the plurality of stages to identify a destination component;
• encoding the signaling information contained in the two or more structured information fields of the internal representation into a second message;
• and
• sending the second message encoding the signaling information to the identified destination component.