| US 7,599,354 B2 | ||
| Architecture and method for rapid development and implementation of voice over IP features | ||
| John Robert Bratt, Chicago, Ill. (US); Gary H. Yi, Arlington Heights, Ill. (US); and David Chi-Wing Mak, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to M5 Networks, Inc., New York, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/752,582. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0152336 A1, Jul. 14, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—352 [370/401; 370/466; 709/246] | 23 Claims |
| 1. A method of facilitating efficient development and deployment of additional features for voice over internet protocol (VoIP)
telephony system comprising protocol specific equipment, said method comprising:
developing, in addition to existing services for use by the (VoIP) telephony system, a new feature for deployment in the VoIP
telephony system using an arbitrary developer protocol, said developer protocol being independent of any specific VoIP protocol,
including said VoIP telephony system;
performing communication protocol conversion between said developer protocol used to develop said feature and a specific VoIP
protocol used by the telephony system responsive to feature-related messages requesting said feature in order to communicate
with the protocol specific equipment; and
performing communication protocol conversion employing a single interface layer between said developer protocol of at least
one of said existing services, which is also in said developer protocol, and said specific VoIP protocol responsive to a messages
requesting said at least one of said existing services in order to communicate with the protocol specific equipment.
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