Patent ID: 9088440
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a web service gateway in a packet-switched network having a processor configured to receive service requests for web services from web-based applications that are formatted according to an open Application Programming Interface (API), to convert the service requests into protocols that are used by network elements that provide the web services, and to forward the service requests to the network elements; the web service gateway is further configured to receive a service request for a web service from a web-based application; the web service gateway is further configured to determine that at least a portion of the web service includes a voice service provided by a telecom network, to transmit a query to a telecom data element in the telecom network requesting information from the telecom data element that relates to the voice service as part of the web service, to receive a response from the telecom data element that includes the telecom information that relates to the voice service, and to process the telecom information to determine how to handle the service request for the web service.