Service chaining

摘要

Systems and methods, including computer executable instructions, are provided for telephony service chaining. One method includes invoking a first application in a telephony session. The method includes retrieving a session context associated with the first application and using the session context an input to invoke a second application in the telephony session.

主权项

1. A method for telephony service chaining, comprising:
invoking a first application to establish a telephony session of a telephone call between participants; in response to the establishing of the telephony session, creating a session ID and session context for the telephony session, wherein the session context includes a list of the participants and is stored in a data storage; during the telephony session, receiving a request from one of the participants in the telephony session for information related to another participant in the telephony session; identifying the session ID of the telephony session from the request; using the identified session ID to retrieve an identifier of the other participant from the session context stored in the data storage; using the retrieved identifier of the other participant as an input to invoke a web service; retrieving from the web service information related to the other participant in the telephony session; and during the telephony session, providing the retrieved information related to the other participant to the participant that requested the information.