International Business Machines Corporation

Oliver Birch

Bouna Sall

Can Paul Boyacigiller

Sreenivasa Rao Pamidala

Christopher Charles Dacombe

Victor S Moore

Thomas Edward Creamer

Joseph Herbert McIntyre

Michael A Gilfix

Paul Stuart Williamson

Rhys D Ulerich

Nicholas Joseph Keller

Zhijian Pan

Sreeni Pamidala

Zhiljian Pan

Victoria L Birch

A system, method and/or computer program product monitors delivery of text messages related to network traffic between a user's electronic system and a server. A capture server captures a network traffic message from a user's electronic system to a solution server. In response to capturing a request for specific information from the solution server, the capture server captures a related text message from the solution server to a text message gateway. The capture server then monitors a text message log within the user's electronic system, which contains a record of text messages received by the user's electronic system. In response to the text message log containing no record of the text message from the solution server within a predetermined length of wait time, the capture server generates and transmits an alert message to the solution server.

Monitoring SMS messages related to server/customer interactions

Systems () and methods () for connecting network resources of a first network () to network resources of a second network (). The second network is different from the first network. The methods involve receiving a first message () from a first network resource () of the first network. The first message has a first protocol format. In response to the first message, a second message () having a web service request format is dynamically generated. The second message is communicated to a third network resource () of the second network for conversion into a third message (). The third message has a second protocol format different from the first protocol format. The first network can be an SIP network. The second network can be an SS7 network.

Interface for connecting a network element to a session initiation protocol application server

A method includes encoding a session identifier into a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with a TCAP Begin message request originating at an application server, where the session identifier identifies a communication session. The method also includes transmitting the TCAP Begin message request from the application server to a transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) interface and receiving a TCAP Continue message request from the TCAP interface with the TCAP Continue message request including the encoded URI. The method includes correlating the TCAP Continue message request to the communication session that originated the Begin request identified by the session identifier in the received URI and routing the TCAP Continue message request to the communication session.

System, method, and apparatus to correlate a TCAP web service request to an application server session

End-to-end testing of applications across networks is enabled. To test the application and the infrastructure subsystems, an application server connected to the network contains an application under test. A response simulator is connected to the other end of the network. A test module is accessible to the application and to the simulator and contains a test message to be transmitted to the simulator, and an expected response message from the simulator. The application transmits each test message and compares a response message from the simulator to an expected response message. The simulator obtains the response to each test message from the test module.

Enabling end-to-end testing of applications across networks

A computer-implemented method, system and computer-readable storage medium are presented for establishing a communication link between an SS7 device and an application server. An SS7 message is first decoded by a SS7 SIGTRAN gateway into a SIGTRAN message. The SIGTRAN message is sent to a proxy server, wherein the SIGTRAN message is converted into XML for transmission to a converged application in the application server.

Integration of SS7 with an application server

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for validating application server replication errors. The method includes receiving a first information message with a test sequence from a caller. The caller is engaged in a communication session with a callee according to a communication protocol and the communication session is managed by a first application server. The method also includes storing the test sequence in a replicable data structure on the first application server. The replicable data structure is replicated to a second application server to form a replicated data structure and both servers operate within an active-active configuration. The method also includes receiving a second information message from the caller. The second information message includes a confirmation sequence. In addition, the method includes determining a replication error in response to comparing the stored test sequence in the replicated data structure with the confirmation sequence.

Apparatus, system, and method for validating application server replication errors

A method and structure for the invention forwards a request for voice instructions from the XML browser to a call control protocol to CCXML/Voice XML converter. The invention converts the request for voice instructions to the call control protocol using the converter and forwards the request for voice instructions from the converter to the control point. The control point returns voice instructions to the converter, and the converter, in turn, converts the voice instructions from the call control protocol to CCXML/Voice XML. This process next returns voice instructions from the converter to the CCXML/Voice XML browser and the XML browser executes the voice instructions using the XML browser. Then, the invention runs an application on a CCXML application server connected to said CCXML/Voice XML browser.

CCXML/Voice XML browser to implement an AIN intelligent peripheral with call handling functionality

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for a session initiation protocol application design, development, execution, and integration. A framework with a framework controller, an application data object, transition handlers, precondition handlers and post condition handlers is provided. When a message is received in a SIP application, the framework controller determines a state of application and parses the message to update application data by using corresponding handlers. The handlers for each state are specified in an input markup language model defined by a user externally via a Web service accessible component.

Method and apparatus for session initiation protocol application design, development, execution and integration

A method and structure for providing a voice dialogue in a telephone network that includes initiating a telephone call, routing the telephone call to a voice processor based upon a call control protocol, and converting the call control protocol to a voice extensible markup language. More specifically, this process first directs a telephone call to a switch. The switch requests routing instructions from a control point and routes the telephone call to a voice extensible markup language (XML) browser according to the routing instructions. Next, the invention forwarding a request for voice instructions from the XML browser to a call control protocol to voice XML converter. The invention converts the request for voice instructions to the call control protocol using the converter and forwards the request for voice instructions from the converter to the control point. The control point returns voice instructions to the converter, and the converter, in turn, converts the voice instructions from the call control protocol to the voice XML. This process next returns voice instructions from the converter to the voice XML browser and the XML browser executes the voice instructions using the XML browser.

Using a voice extensible markup language browser to implement an advanced intelligent network intelligent peripheral

A method of linking call control functions of a telephony server with voice processing functions of a voice server using a common server side program can include receiving a call in the voice server, invoking the server side program to generate a voice processing script, executing the voice processing script in the voice server to process the call, and sending the call to the telephony server to perform a call control function on the call. The call control function can be indicated by the server side program.

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Oliver Birch