IP Library Granted Patent US 8,990,063
Granted Patent B1
US 8,990,063 · App. 13/220,271 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Method and apparatus for voice recognition unit simulation

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Patent No.
US 8,990,063
App. No.
13/220,271
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A hammer system and method thereof for monitoring an organization platform to detect system level problems of one or more applications. The hammer system may include a hammer device, an enhanced trunk group poller, and a client-specific application hammer. The client-specific application hammer may be structured as a simulator that is operable to periodically place calls into the organization platform and emulate real call scenarios. The simulator may include D-channel polling logic.

Claims (21)

1. A system, comprising:

a client-specific application embodied on a computing device, wherein

the client-specific application comprises a simulator configured to periodically place calls into an organization platform and emulate real call scenarios, and to make D-channel polling calls sequentially to all Voice Recognition Units (VRUs) in a trunk group of the organization platform.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the simulator is further configured to use a D-channel such that only one call of the calls is generated per a batch during D-channel polling.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the client-specific application further comprises a hunting sequence configured to monitor VRUs in multiple trunk groups of the organization platform.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of client-specific applications is combined to emulate different business logic within the one or more applications.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein each call that is generated from the client-specific application has an associated Unique Test Set Identification (UTSID).

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a device and a trunk group poller are configured to make physical phone calls into the organization platform.

7. A simulator embodied on a non-transitory medium, the simulator configured to cause at least one processor to:

periodically place calls into an organization platform and emulate real call scenarios, wherein the simulator is further configured to make D-channel polling calls sequentially to all Voice Recognition Units (VRUs) in a trunk group of the organization platform.

8. The simulator according to claim 7 , wherein the simulator is further configured to cause the at least one processor to use a D-channel such that only one call of the calls is generated per a batch during D-channel polling.

9. The simulator according to claim 7 , further comprising a hunting sequence configured to cause the at least one processor to monitor VRUs in multiple trunk groups of the organization platform.

10. The simulator according to claim 7 , wherein the simulator is configured to cause the at least one processor to emulate different business logic within the at least one application.

11. The simulator according to claim 7 , wherein calls generated by the simulator comprise an associated Unique Test Set Identification (UTSID).

12. The simulator according to claim 7 , wherein the simulator is configured to cooperate with at least one of a device and a trunk group poller, and the device and the trunk group poller are configured to make physical phone calls into the organization platform.

13. A method, comprising:

periodically placing calls, by a computing system, into an organization platform and emulating real call scenarios; and

using, by the computing system, D-channel polling sequentially to make D-channel polling calls to all Voice Recognition Units (VRUs) in a trunk group of the organization platform and qualitatively measure the calls.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein each call of the calls that is placed has an associated Unique Test Set Identification (UTSID).

15. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

making, by the computing system, physical phone calls into the organization platform and monitoring the organization platform.

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