Self invitation to initiate sessions, start processes, or generate outbound messages

摘要

Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for initiating communications between entities operating in disparate environments and/or with different base protocols. According to one embodiment, a method for initiating a communication can comprise receiving a request from the first entity to initiate communications. An initiation message can be generated and formatted in a base protocol of the second entity. The base protocol of the second entity can be different from a base protocol of the first entity. The initiation message can be sent to the second entity to cause the second entity to initiate communications with a third entity in the base protocol of the second entity.

主权项

1. A method for initiating a communication session between client devices, the method comprising:
receiving at an application server a request from a first client device to initiate the communication session, the request in a base protocol of an environment of the first client device; initiating a first servlet on the application server, the first servlet supporting a session with the first client device in the base protocol of the environment of the first client device; initiating a second servlet on the application server, the second servlet supporting a base protocol of an environment of a second client device, wherein the environment and base protocol of the second client device is different from the environment and base protocol of the first client device; generating with the application server in the first servlet a message to initiate the communication session formatted in a base protocol of an environment of a second client device; sending the message from the first servlet on the application server to the second client device to perform an action; and receiving at the second servlet on the application server a response based on the second client device performing the action.