Patent ID: 8364490
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A voice browser comprising: one or more telephony applications, including one or more Voice Markup Language modules, and an integrated communications interface for interacting with a voice processing system comprising a speech processor, a text-to-speech processor, and/or a voice processing application, said integrated communications interface including an integrated transaction capabilities application part (TCAP) component for sending and receiving a TCAP query and/or an integrated services digital network user part (ISUP) component for sending and receiving a telephony control signal, wherein said voice browser is configured to select and load one of the telephony applications, in response to a received TCAP query or a received ISUP control signal, before a telephone call is answered by the voice browser, the selection and loading of the telephony application being performed independently of receiving a telephone call and wherein said voice browser is configured to use the independently selected and loaded telephony application to perform one or more telephony services in responding to a received telephone call.