Service(s) provided to telephony device(s) through employment of data stream(s) associated with the call
View Patent ↗An intermediate application server component provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call.
1. A network, comprising:
an intermediate application server component that provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call; and
an intermediate switch component, wherein the intermediate switch component and the one or more telephony devices cooperate to establish the call; and
wherein the intermediate switch component communicates with the intermediate application server component to establish the one or more data streams associated with the call; and
wherein the intermediate switch component maintains one or more voice portions of the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component associates the one or more services with the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component communicates with the intermediate switch component to update one or more of the one or more voice portions of the call based on the one or more services; and
wherein the call comprises a conference call, and wherein the intermediate switch component comprises a conference bridge component for said conference call, and wherein the one or more telephony devices comprise a first telephony device and a second telephony device, and wherein the conference bridge component prohibits an input from the first telephony device on the conference cell; and
wherein the intermediate application server component provides one or more control interfaces that allow the second telephony device to transmit a request to the intermediate application server component; and the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server component employ the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) to provide the one or more web portals to the one or more telephony devices; and
wherein in response to the request from the second telephony device to the intermediate application server component, the intermediate application server component and the conference bridge component update the conference call to allow the input from the first telephony device on the conference call.
2. A network, comprising:
an intermediate application server component that provides one or more services to one or more telephony devices on a call through employment of one or more data streams associated with the call; and
an intermediate switch component, wherein the intermediate switch component and the one or more telephony devices cooperate to establish the call; and
wherein the intermediate switch component communicates with the intermediate application server component to establish the one or more data streams associated with the call; and
wherein the intermediate switch component maintains one or more voice portions of the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component associates the one or more services with the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component communicates with the intermediate switch component to update one or more of the one or more voice portions of the call based on the one or more services; and
wherein the call comprises a pre-paid call, and wherein the intermediate switch component comprises a pre-paid service component, and wherein a telephony device of the one or more telephony devices establishes the pre-paid call with the pre-paid service component; and
wherein the intermediate application server component provides one or more control interfaces that allow the telephony device to transmit a first request to the intermediate application server component, and wherein the first request initiates a first call; and
wherein in response to the first request from the telephony device to the intermediate application server component, the intermediate application server component communicates with the pre-paid service component to initiate the first call, and wherein the intermediate application server component provides a first one or more of the one or more control interfaces to allow the telephony device to transmit a second request, and wherein the second request terminates the first call; and
wherein in response to the second request from the telephony device to the intermediate application server component, the intermediate application server component communicates with the pre-paid service component to terminate the first call, and wherein the intermediate application server component provides a second one or more of the one or more control interfaces to allow the telephony device to transmit a third request, and wherein the third request initiates a second call; and
wherein in response to the third request from the telephony device to the intermediate application server component, the intermediate application server component communicates with the pre-paid service component to initiate the second call.
3. The network of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate application server component establishes the one or more data streams through employment of one or more identifiers, and at least one of the one or more identifiers is a port number.
4. The network of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate application server component and one or more user-related application server components establish the one or more data streams; and
wherein the intermediate application server component provides the one or more services to the one or more user-related application server components through employment of the one or more data streams.
5. The network of claim 4 , wherein the one or more user-related application server components cooperate with the one or more telephony devices to establish one or more web portals that are employable by the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components to provide the one or more services to the one or more telephony devices.
6. The network of claim 5 , wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components provide one or more interfaces associated with the one or more services to the one or more telephony devices through employment of the one or more web portals for employment by the one or more telephony devices in interaction with the one or more services.
7. The network of claim 6 , wherein the intermediate application server component cooperates with the one or more telephony devices to establish the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component alters the call based on the interaction with the one or more services.
8. The network of claim 6 , wherein the intermediate application server component alters one or more of the one or more interfaces based on the employment of the one or more services; and
wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components cooperate to update the one or more of the one or more interfaces through employment of the one or more data streams.
9. The network of claim 8 , wherein the one or more telephony devices comprise a first telephony device and a second telephony device, and wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components cooperate to provide a first one or more interfaces to the first telephony device and a second one or more interfaces to the second telephony device; and
wherein the intermediate application server component allows the first telephony device to interact with one or more of the one or more services through employment of the first one or more interfaces; and
wherein the intermediate application server component automatically updates one or more of the second one or more interfaces based on the first telephony device based on the one or more of the one or more services.
10. The network of claim 9 , wherein the one or more of the first one or more interfaces comprise a first one or more of the first one or mare interfaces, and wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components update a second one or more the first one or more interfaces based on the one or more of the one or more services.
11. The network of claim 6 , wherein the one or more interfaces comprise one or more graphical user interfaces; and
wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components provide the one or more graphical user interfaces that are employable by the one or more telephony devices.
12. The network of claim 11 , wherein the intermediate application server component employ the eXtended Markup Language (XML) to provide the one or more graphical user interfaces.
13. The network of claim 2 , wherein the intermediate application server component and one or more user-related application server components establish the one or more data streams; and
wherein the intermediate application server component provides the one or more services to the one or more user-related application server components through employment of the one or more data streams.
14. The network of claim 13 , wherein the one or more user-related application server components cooperate with the one or more telephony devices to establish one or more web portals that are employable by the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components to provide the one or more services to the one or more telephony devices.
15. The network of claim 14 , wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components provide one or more interfaces associated with the one or more services to the one or more telephony devices through employment of the one or more web portals for employment by the one or more telephony devices in interaction with the one or more services.
16. The network of claim 15 , wherein the intermediate application server component cooperates with the one or more telephony devices to establish the call; and
wherein the intermediate application server component alters the call based on the interaction with the one or more services.
17. The network of claim 15 , wherein the intermediate application server component alters one or more of the one or more interfaces based on the employment of the one or more services; and
wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components cooperate to update the one or more of the one or more interfaces through employment of the one or more data streams.
18. The network of claim 17 , wherein the one or more telephony devices comprise a first telephony device and a second telephony device, and wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components cooperate to provide a first one or more interfaces to the first telephony device and a second one or more interfaces to the second telephony device; and
wherein the intermediate application server component allows the first telephony device to interact with one or more of the one or more services through employment of the first one or more interfaces; and
wherein the intermediate application server component automatically updates one or more of the second one or more interfaces based on the first telephony device based on the one or more of the one or more services.
19. The network of claim 18 , wherein the one or more of the first one or more interfaces comprise a first one or more of the first one or more interfaces, and wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components update a second one or more the first one or more interfaces based on the one or more of the one or more services.
20. The network of claim 15 , wherein the one or more interfaces comprise one or more graphical user interfaces; and
wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server components provide the one or more graphical user interfaces that are employable by the one or more telephony devices.
21. The network of claim 20 , wherein the intermediate application server component employ the eXtended Markup Language (XML) to provide the one or more graphical user interfaces.
22. The network of claim 14 , wherein the intermediate application server component and the one or more user-related application server component employ the HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) to provide the one or more web portals to the one or more telephony devices.