Mid-call, multi-party, and multi-device telecommunication features and their interactions

摘要

Mid-call features are implemented during a call placed over a communications network. The mid-call features are implemented through a set of call feature modules, each of which having been categorized in accordance with a feature implementation architecture. An exemplary method for routing requests within a feature server computer to set up a feature implementation includes receiving, at a per-incoming call feature module of a feature server computer, an initial incoming call request, routing the initial incoming call request from the per-incoming call feature module to a multi-call feature module of the feature server computer, routing the initial incoming call request from the multi-call feature module to an omniscient call feature module, routing the initial incoming call request from the omniscient call feature module to a multi-device call feature module, and routing the initial incoming call request from the multi-device call feature module to a per-outgoing device feature module.

主权项

1. A method for routing requests within a feature server computer to set up a feature implementation, the method comprising:
receiving, at a per-incoming call feature module of the feature server computer, an initial incoming call request, the per-incoming call feature module being configured to implement at least one per-incoming call feature; routing, at the feature server computer, the initial incoming call request from the per-incoming call feature module to a multi-call feature module of the feature server computer, the multi-call feature module being configured to implement at least one multi-call feature; routing, at the feature server computer, the initial incoming call request from the multi-call feature module to an omniscient call feature module, the omniscient call feature module being configured to implement at least one omniscient call feature; routing, at the feature server computer, the initial incoming call request from the omniscient call feature module to a multi-device call feature module, the multi-device call feature module being configured to implement at least one multi-device call feature; and routing, at the feature server computer, the initial incoming call request from the multi-device call feature module to a per-outgoing device feature module, the per-outgoing device feature module being configured to implement at least one per-outgoing device feature.