System and method for processing telephony sessions
In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
1. A method comprising:
receiving a representational state transfer (REST) application protocol interface (API) request comprising a uniform resource locator (URL), account information, and phone number information of a telephony session; and
responding to the REST API request based on the account information and the phone number information.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises state information of the telephony session.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises an instruction to collect dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) digits received in the telephony session.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises second phone number information of the telephony session.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises a unique identifier of the telephony session.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises a status of the telephony session.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the REST API request further comprises comprise a representation of a sound recording.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telephony session is a voice session.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telephony session is a short messaging service (SMS) session.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telephony session is a multimedia messaging service (MMS) session.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the receiving of the REST API request, initiating the telephony session.
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the receiving of the REST API request, terminating the telephony session.
13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the receiving of the REST API request, holding the telephony session.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the receiving of the REST API request is from a first application server; and
the method further comprises:
in response to the receiving of the REST API request, transferring control of the telephony session from the first application server to a second application server.
15. A call router system configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a representational state transfer (REST) application protocol interface (API) request comprising a uniform resource locator (URL), account information, and phone number information of a telephony session; and
responding to the REST API request based on the account information and the phone number information.
16. The call router system of claim 15 , wherein the REST API request further comprises state information of the telephony session.
17. The call router system of claim 15 , wherein the REST API request further comprises an instruction to collect dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) digits received in the telephony session.
18. The call router system of claim 15 , wherein the REST API request further comprises second phone number information of the telephony session.
19. The call router system of claim 15 , wherein the REST API request further comprises a unique identifier of the telephony session.
20. The call router system of claim 15 , wherein the REST API request further comprises a status of the telephony session.