Abstract: An application server includes an asynchronous event manager configured for selectively terminating an instance executing a messaging session, based on detecting a message from a gateway server that the incoming call is a call having a type that differs from the prescribed type intended for the messaging session. The asynchronous event manager terminates the instance by setting global variables accessible by the instance that specify that the call is rejected (i.e., the connection between the gateway and the instance executing the messaging session is terminated) due to the incoming call being of a different type than intended for that messaging session, for example the call being a fax call instead of a voice call.

Abstract: An executable process, configured for storing and retrieving data from a storage medium having a prescribed storage definition, is configured for converting an array having a prescribed data structure into a string having array descriptors that specify the prescribed data structure. The array descriptors are used to identify for each a element its corresponding element name and element value. The array descriptors also identify for each element its relative depth within the array, for example whether a given array element is a subelement of another array element. Hence, the array can be stored and recovered from the storage medium without modification of the prescribed storage definition and without loss of the data structure of the array.