Abstract: Techniques for managing program applications include an application being managed having an object-oriented interface with objects having data and methods to change the data. Changing these objects and/or the data of the objects changes the outcome of the application. A hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) server, a server-side script engine, and a scheduling mechanism are embedded in the application, i.e., they are made part of, and therefore run on, the same programming process as the application. Tasks to be performed by the application, the HTTP server, and the script engine are scheduled. The HTTP server processes requests of HTTP clients, typically supplied via a Web browser, and forwards them to the script engine. The script engine, which has direct access to the application objects, interacts with the application being controlled. The HTTP server runs the script engine for the requested script and formats the resulting information being returned to the client.

Abstract: One embodiment disclosed relates to an apparatus for an automatic conferencing service. The apparatus includes at least a service logic execution environment in a telecommunications service network, and an automatic conferencing service running in the service logic execution environment. Another embodiment disclosed relates to a method of scheduling an automatic conference. A conference request, including conference information specified by a user, is received by an automatic conferencing service running in a service logic execution environment within a telecommunications network. The automatic conferencing service registers the conference and sends notification to attendees of the conference.

Abstract: Techniques for managing program applications are disclosed. In an embodiment, an application to be managed has an object-oriented interface that includes objects having data and procedures or methods to change the data. Changing these objects and/or the data of the objects changes the outcome of the application. A hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) server, a server-side script engine, and a scheduling mechanism are embedded in the application, i.e., they are made part of, and therefore run on, the same programming process as the application. Tasks to be performed by the application, the HTTP server, and the script engine are scheduled. The HTTP server processes requests of HTTP clients or management terminal and forwards them to the script engine. The script engine, which has direct access to the application objects, can interact with the application to be controlled.

Abstract: A fault tolerant CCS system has two similar peer systems, one being an active system and the other a standby system. Each peer system has a local application which runs therein and which has an access to a common database that is used for storing critical status and application information. Further, each peer system includes a protocol stack for handling the multiple dialogs comprising exchanges of messages between the application and a remote network element. The protocol stack is enhanced by a first function that allows the active application to request the protocol stack to provide the current status of a given dialog and by a second function that is issued by the standby application to re-initialize the standby protocol stack. The first function is used to regularly retrieve, for any dialog, the current state of its associated protocol stack state machine and to store the latter into the common database.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for hosting a series of active connections between Internet Protocol end-points and a system which hosts at least two processes, each process of the system including a similar instruction set constituting a service application and each process having an IP address, wherein at least one process may adopt an active state where a plurality of connections are used for sending and receiving data while at least one other process may adopt a stand-by state where a plurality of connections are not used for sending and receiving data, the method including: