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:
operating an internet connected system by performing operations comprising:
initiating a telephony session;
receiving a communication from an application server;
converting the communication into executable operations to process the telephony session;
creating a resource accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API) of the internet connected system, the resource being accessible by outside devices at an addressable Uniform Resource Identifier (URI);
mapping the telephony session to the URI, the URI being associated with the application server;
receiving a representational state transfer (REST) API request that specifies the URI; and
responding to the API request according to the API request and the URI.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the resource accessible at the URI is a functional API resource.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the initiating of the telephony session comprises making an outgoing call over a public switched telephony network (PSTN).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the initiating of the telephony session comprises sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the responding to the API request comprises:
interacting with the telephony session.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
terminating the telephony session.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
transferring control of the telephony session to a second application server.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
holding the telephony session.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
embedding state information of the telephony session into the URI.
10. An internet connected system comprising:
a memory that stores instructions; and
one or more processors configured by the instructions to perform operations comprising:
initiating a telephony session;
receiving a communication from an application server;
converting the communication into executable operations to process the telephony session;
creating a resource accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API) of the internet connected system, the resource being accessible by outside devices at an addressable Uniform Resource Identifier (URI);
mapping the telephony session to the URI, the URI being associated with the application server;
receiving a representational state transfer (REST) API request that specifies the URI; and
responding to the API request according to the API request and the URI.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the resource accessible at the URI is a functional API resource.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the initiating of the telephony session comprises making an outgoing call over a public switched telephony network (PSTN).
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the initiating of the telephony session comprises sending a Short Message Service (SMS) message.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the responding to the API request comprises:
interacting with the telephony session.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
terminating the telephony session.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
transferring control of the telephony session to a second application server.
17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the interacting with the telephony session comprises:
holding the telephony session.
18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
initiating a telephony session;
receiving a communication from an application server;
converting the communication into executable operations to process the telephony session;
creating a resource accessible through an Application Programming Interface (API), the resource being accessible by outside devices at an addressable Uniform Resource Identifier (URI);
mapping the telephony session to the URI, the URI being associated with the application server;
receiving a representational state transfer (REST) API request that specifies the URI; and
responding to the API request according to the API request and the URI.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein:
the resource accessible at the URI is a functional API resource.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein:
the initiating of the telephony session comprises making an outgoing call over a public switched telephony network (PSTN).