PROPRIETARY PROTOCOL FOR VOIP BASED FEATURES

摘要

The present invention discloses a method, program product and system for facilitating efficient development and deployment of features (200) in a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) telephony system comprising protocol specific equipment (210, 214, 216). The method and program product comprise: developing a feature for deployment in the telephony system using a developer protocol, the developer protocol being independent of any specific VOIP protocol, and performing communication protocol conversion between the developer protocol and a specific VOIP protocol used by the telephony system on feature-related messages in order to communicate with the protocol specific equipment (210, 214, 216). The system comprises: a feature performance layer for performing telephony features, the feature performance layer being independent of any specific VOIP protocol used by the protocol specific equipment, and a communication interface layer interfacing with the feature performance layer to provide communication protocol conversion between the feature performance layer and the protocol specific telephony equipment (210, 214, 216).