Abstract: The present invention provides a system for real-time communication signaling in a telecommunication network. The system adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes a server-side web signaling engine and a client-side communication controller. The client-side communication controller provides native operating system application programming interfaces (API) and JavaScript APIs to encapsulate the signaling layer. The web signaling engine includes a controller which terminates HTTP communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the HTTP communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The gateway system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: An integrated software and hardware system is described that functions as a communications service broker in a telecommunications (telecom) network environment. The system can be used to perform mediation and orchestration of services in the telecom network. The integrated system provides the ability of fully automated configuration and provisioning of a compute blade module based on its physical location (in a chassis enclosure). In accordance with an embodiment, each blade in the chassis is assigned either a worker or bootstrap role. The worker blades perform the core processing of the service broker functionality and the bootstrap blades are used to provide the bootstrapping and administration of the worker blades.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. In an embodiment the system includes a WebRTC Session Controller (WSC) communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The WSC terminates web communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Web communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API that encapsulates the signaling aspect of a communication session of the HTML5 application, including gathering media description, establishing signaling channels, and exchanging media descriptions with the WSC, populating the relevant WebRTC objects, managing the call after it has been established.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. The method adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes a network-side controller communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API to encapsulate the signaling layer. The network-side controller includes session border control functionality, terminates Internet domain communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Internet domain communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel with session border control for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a set of features are described for enabling an application server platform for telecom based applications. A system for providing an application server for telecom-based applications can include a computer, including a computer readable medium and processor. The system can also include an application server, executing on the computer. The application server can include an actor container that manages and provides lifecycle and runtime properties for application classes that are executed as actors in the application server. The actor container can manages a set of event transactions, wherein all storage operations are performed as part of the event transaction that spans each event handler invocation.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for programming server-side real-time web communication applications. A JAVA application programming interface (API) is provided for web application developers to write JAVA applications on a server to control, manage, and mediate HTML5 endpoints that communicate with the JAVA applications. Each JAVA application can be a JAVA component that are annotated with a plurality of JAVA objects provided by the JAVA API, wherein the plurality of JAVA objects can also establish communication between HTML5 applications endpoints, and holding the state of the communication. The container can integrate with other enterprise technologies such as JMS and enable the JAVA applications to integrate with applications and services exposed by other providers, e.g., FACEBOOK. The JAVA API can be used to write applications that can connect with legacy IMS systems and services using existing JAVA APIs such as SIP servlet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunications network. The method adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes an integrated web-enable session border controller (WSBC) including a network-side controller/a signaling engine, a media gateway and a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API to encapsulate the signaling layer. The WSBC also includes session border control functionality, terminates Internet domain communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Internet domain communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel with the network-side controller for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for integrating a gateway in a telecom network environment with charging and payment functionality. The gateway is provided with three points of integration with charging and billing servers. These three points include a payment service, a charging data record listener and a credit control interceptor. The payment service provides an interface for client applications that reside outside of the telecom network to invoke a charging request, to translate the charging request and to relay it to the billing server. The charging data record listener listens for charging data records generated within the gateway and issues offline charging requests to the billing server upon detecting that a particular charging data record has been generated. The credit control interceptor intercepts requests in the communication traffic flowing through the gateway and initiates online charging requests to the billing server upon intercepting said requests.

Abstract: An integrated software and hardware system is described that implements a unified lifecycle for the hardware and the software components therein. In the context of adding, removing or moving a hardware appliance, this allows the system to create, coordinate and manage a single lifecycle for each appliance together with its software processes, that is being moved or changed. The system includes a chassis with multiple enclosures for computing blades. Each blade in the chassis is assigned either a worker or bootstrap role. The worker blades perform the core processing of the service broker functionality and the bootstrap blades are used to provide the bootstrapping and administration of the worker blades. In particular, the administration features include an administration console that is provided by the bootstrap blade, which provides hardware management and process management.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system for real-time communication signaling protocol for use in a telecommunication network and communication in web-only Internet. The protocol facilitates adapting complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the protocol is used to communicate between a server-side web signaling engine and a client-side communication controller. The client-side communication controller provides a JavaScript API to encapsulate the signaling layer. The web signaling engine includes a controller which terminates communications using the protocol, and normalizes communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. In an embodiment, the protocol utilizes JSON and a WebSocket connection and can be defined as a WebSocket subprotocol.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. In an embodiment the system includes a WebRTC Session Controller (WSC) communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides an extensible JavaScript API. The extensible JavaScript API encapsulates the signaling aspect of a communication session of the HTML5 application, including gathering media description, establishing signaling channels, and exchanging media descriptions with the WSC, populating the relevant WebRTC objects, managing the call after it has been established. The extensible JavaScript API which provides for extending the JavaScript API to facilitate development of new types of HTML5 applications without changing the code of the existing JavaScript API.

Abstract: A subscriber network can provide services. External applications can use the services on the subscriber network. A service access gateway can control application access to services of the subscriber network. The service access gateway can filter requests from an external application to access services on the subscriber network based on the customer for which the external application is accessing the service.

Abstract: A production upgrade is described for a multiprotocol gateway. This upgrade allows various modules and components within the gateway to be upgraded independently without impacting traffic flow in the gateway. The upgrade can be performed by deploying a new version of the module alongside an older version of the same module. New client requests can then be directed to the new version, while requests requiring the older module can be continued to be serviced by the prior version. A distinction is made between stateless and stateful conversation during the upgrade of various components. For stateful conversations, request traffic can be versioned according to the session to which each request belongs. A highly available state storage scheme allows new versions of the module to consume state information used by the older versions. For stateless conversations, all new requests can be immediately routed to the new version of the module.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for generating event data records by using aspects. Cross cutting concerns are applied in order to generate the EDRs. In various embodiments, the EDRs are generated within a gateway or another type of software application that processes various communications. In processing data, the gateway can generate data records, which capture information regarding traffic flow within the gateway. The event data records are generated at various points in the gateway by using an aspect to weave code at compile time. Once generated, the EDRs can be picked up by an external listener and filtered based on various criteria, such as Java type-based filtering and classification. The listener can use predefined filtering coming from the gateway or customize the filtering according to specific needs. The EDRs can also be classified by using a configuration file, which can be modified without altering any programming code within the gateway.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system for real-time communication signaling in a telecommunication network. The system adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes a server-side web signaling engine and a client-side communication controller. The client-side communication controller provides native operating system application programming interfaces (API) and JavaScript APIs to encapsulate the signaling layer. The web signaling engine includes a controller which terminates HTTP communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the HTTP communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The gateway system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. The system includes a WebRTC Session Controller (WSC) that terminates Web communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Web communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API which encapsulates the signaling aspect of a communication session of the HTML5 application, including gathering media description, establishing signaling channels, and exchanging media descriptions with the WSC, populating the relevant WebRTC objects, managing the call after it has been established.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunications network. The method adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes an integrated web-enable session border controller (WSBC) including a network-side controller/a signaling engine, a media gateway and a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API to encapsulate the signaling layer. The WSBC also includes session border control functionality, terminates Internet domain communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Internet domain communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel with the network-side controller for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. The method adapts complex signaling on the server-side into simple operations towards the Web. In an embodiment the system includes a network-side controller communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides a JavaScript API to encapsulate the signaling layer. The network-side controller includes session border control functionality, terminates Internet domain communications with the client-side, parses, and normalizes the Internet domain communications into an internal protocol suitable for communication with telecommunications network systems. The system thereby provides a dedicated signaling channel with session border control for applications on the client to interact with telecommunications network services.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for programming server-side real-time web communication applications. In an embodiment of the invention, a JAVA application programming interface (API) is provided for web application developers to write JAVA applications on a server to control, manage, and mediate HTML5 endpoints that communicate with the JAVA applications. Each JAVA application can be a JAVA component that are annotated with a plurality of JAVA objects provided by a JAVA API, thus enabling the JAVA component to be instantiated by a software container and get ready for accepting the signaling messages. The plurality of annotated JAVA objects can also establish communication between HTML5 applications endpoints, and holding the state of the communication. The container can integrate with other enterprise technologies such as JMS, JTA, JPA, JDBC etc, thus enabling the JAVA applications to integrate with applications and services exposed by other providers, e.g., FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, and TWITTER.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. In an embodiment the system includes a WebRTC Session Controller (WSC) communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides an extensible JavaScript API. The extensible JavaScript API encapsulates the signaling aspect of a communication session of the HTML5 application, including gathering media description, establishing signaling channels, and exchanging media descriptions with the WSC, populating the relevant WebRTC objects, managing the call after it has been established. The extensible JavaScript API which provides for extending the JavaScript API to facilitate development of new types of HTML5 applications without changing the code of the existing JavaScript API.