Patent Publication Number: US-8989369-B1

Title: Using media server control markup language messages to dynamically interact with a web real-time communication customer care

Description:
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     BACKGROUND 
     Operator services typically use circuit switched based connectivity to provide a voice session from a customer to a customer care agent. Typically operators access back-office systems to resolve customer care problems through a web portal. The web browser platform has evolved to tightly couple signaling and media into the browser, for example a web real-time communication (WebRTC) capable browser to support audio and video media sessions from a browser compatible platform—laptops, tablets, workstations, smartphones, etc. 
     SUMMARY 
     In an embodiment, a customer care system is disclosed. The system comprises a web real-time communication (WebRTC) capable browser as an interface portal for a customer care operator, configured to identify registered operators, initiate a customer care session between a caller and the operator, display interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the operator, and transmit inputs from the operator to an application server. The web real-time communication capable browser is further configured to define the interface portal with instructions contained in session initiation protocol (SIP) INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payloads, wherein a SIP INFO MSCML payload is an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO message, and script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller. The system further comprises a transformation engine, configured to use SIP/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite the operator to the customer care session, map a SIP INFO MSCML payload to an interactive HTML web form, and transmit, to the operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by the application server. The transformation engine is further configured to transmit, to the application server, SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator, and use instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller. 
     In an embodiment, a method of managing a customer care system is disclosed. The method comprises using session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller, identifying registered customer care operators through a web real-time communication (WebRTC) browser, wherein the browser is an interface portal for the customer care operator, displaying the caller&#39;s disposition by the browser, displaying prior knowledge at a telephony application server (TAS) about the current customer care session, and displaying interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the operator. The method further comprises transcoding SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payloads and HTML web forms by a transformation engine, transmitting, to the operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by an application server, transmitting, to the application server, the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator, and defining the interface portal with instructions contained in the SIP INFO MSCML payloads. The method further comprises using instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller, validating the caller&#39;s identity at the application server, and transferring the caller to a destination number when the caller&#39;s identity is validated. 
     In an embodiment, a method of managing a customer care system is disclosed. The method comprises using session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller, displaying interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the operator, and mapping a SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payload to an interactive HTML web form by a transformation engine. The method further comprises transmitting, to the operator, the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by an application server, transmitting, to the application server, the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator, validating the caller&#39;s identity at the application server, and transferring the caller to a destination number when the caller&#39;s identity is validated. 
     These and other features will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure, reference is now made to the following brief description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and detailed description, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts. 
         FIG. 1  is an illustration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B  is a flow chart illustrating a method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a flow chart illustrating another method according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is an illustration of a mobile communication device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a block diagram of a mobile communication device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6A  is a block diagram of a software architecture of a mobile communication device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6B  is a block diagram of another software architecture of a mobile communication device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 7  is a block diagram of a computer system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     It should be understood at the outset that although illustrative implementations of one or more embodiments are illustrated below, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented using any number of techniques, whether currently known or not yet in existence. The disclosure should in no way be limited to the illustrative implementations, drawings, and techniques illustrated below, but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims along with their full scope of equivalents. 
     In some circumstances, when more call originations are attempted in an area than can be supported at one time, for example on a single cell tower, privileged users may be granted special access and their call originations be handled in advance of call originations of unprivileged users. For example, during an emergency, a cell tower may receive more call origination attempts than it can handle at the same time. In this situation, a privileged or priority user, such as an emergency first responder, may be able to authenticate his or her privileged status by providing a special personal identification number and obtain an immediate wireless connection. 
     In emergency situations, so many people may try to make phone calls concurrently that the number of call requests may exceed the capacity of a base transceiver station from a wireless communication services provider. It may be desirable to queue up phone calls from first responders with priority in these circumstances. Said in other words, the phone call from a first responder may be provided a wireless communication link—even if other callers ahead of the first responder continue to wait and/or even if an ongoing normal priority call is dropped. When a first responder makes a phone call, for example with a mobile communication device, in an emergency, a communication services provider may desire to verify the identity of the caller before transferring the caller with priority to a destination number. Typically the caller may be asked by an interactive voice recognition (IVR) system to enter a personal identification number (PIN) or a password. However, the caller may not provide a correct personal identification number for a variety of reasons. For example, the caller may be under stress and may not remember the correct personal identification number right away. In existing systems, after a predefined number of personal identification number failures, the phone call may not be treated with priority by the communication services provider. 
     Under these circumstances, the caller may wish to engage a live operator to assist in completing the call. The operator may use a customer care system that may couple to or may be a part of an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) that supports different communication modes, for example audio and video. The operator may work with the customer care system through a certain type of browser. The mobile device may communicate with an application server of the IP multimedia subsystem via the session initiation protocol (SIP). The application server may communicate with other nodes in the IP multimedia subsystem, for example a media resource function, via session initiation protocol also. On the other hand, the operator&#39;s browser may not recognize session initiation protocol but may recognize hypertext markup language (HTML). Thus, a transformation engine or gateway may also be introduced in the customer care system to transcode between nodes that operate with different protocols. The transformation engine may transcode session initiation protocol codes and hypertext markup language codes. 
     The present disclosure teaches a system and method for using media server control markup language (MSCML) messages to dynamically interact with a web real-time communication (WebRTC) customer care operator. A WebRTC capable browser may couple signaling and media into the browser. For example, the WebRTC browser may support audio and video media sessions from a browser compatible platform, for example a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a workstation, or a smart phone. The WebRTC browser allows the audio and video session to be controlled through the browser. The WebRTC browser allows customer care operators to register for receiving/making calls to/from a browser and provide the web portal framework to back-end systems desired to support the customer. 
     For example, the transformation engine may transcode codes from session initiation protocol (SIP), hypertext markup language (HTML), and/or JavaScript. For example, each MSCML payload via a SIP INFO request may be mapped into a unique interactive HTML web form. Thus an MSCML payload on a SIP INFO request from an application server in the customer care system may be transformed to an HTML web form and transmitted through hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) to the WebRTC capable browser. An HTML web form may be an HTML 5 webpage with JavaScript application programming interfaces (APIs). Similarly, information from an HTML web form from the WebRTC capable browser may be transformed by the transformation engine into an MSCML payload on a SIP INFO request and transmitted to the application server. 
     The application server may send commands/requests to the operator via the transformation engine and the browser. The operator may be instructed by the application server to request the caller for answer(s) to personal identification related question(s). For example, a separate voice link may be established between the operator and the caller. During the voice session, the operator may ask the caller the address of his/her organization, supervisor&#39;s name, or another personal identification related question. The operator may also collect a destination number from the caller. The operator may input the collected answer(s) to the personal identification related question(s) and the destination number into the interactive HTML web form. The browser may transmit content extracted from the HTML web form to the application server for validation. The transformation engine may transcode the HTML web form to a SIP INFO MSCML payload for the browser and transmit the transformed SIP INFO MSCML payload to the application server. The application server may transmit back the validation results to the browser. If the caller is verified to be a first responder, the application server may transmit instructions on an MSCML message via a SIP INFO request to the operator and instruct the operator to inform the caller of being transferred to the destination number. The application server may then transfer the caller to the destination number. 
     Thus, when the first responder accidentally provides a false personal identification number, when the first responder does not remember the personal identification number, or when a supervisor of the first responder accidentally provides the first responder with a false personal identification number, the disclosed system promotes resolving the problem by having a live operator verify the identity of the first responder and assist in completing the call with the disclosed system and method. The disclosed system provides this technical solution by, in part, effecting a bridge between two unlike and/or incompatible communication systems. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 1 , a communication system  100  is described. In an embodiment, the communication system  100  comprises a first server  114 , a second server  120 , an operator  108 , and a plurality of mobile communication devices  102 . The first server  114  may comprise a transformation engine  106 , an application server function  104 , and a media resource function (MRF)  112 . The second server  120  may comprise a browser  110 . The mobile device  102  may be configured to use a universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network that comprises an enhanced Node B (eNB)  116  to establish a wireless communication link with a packet core network  118 . In another embodiment, another radio access network and/or communication network may be used, for example a radio access network have base transceiver stations (BTSs), The first server  114  and the second server  120  may also have access to the network  118 . In an embodiment, the first server  114  and the second server  120  may locate in the same wired or wireless local area network (LAN). The network  118  may comprise any combination of private and public networks. In an embodiment, the transformation engine  106  may be hosted and executed on the second server  120 . 
     The first server  114  and the second server  120  may access the network  118  through wired or wireless access networks. The wired access network may be abstracted in different ways and may comprise cable modems and Ethernet routers, switches, or hubs. The wireless access network may also be abstracted in different ways and may comprise wireless access points, cable modems, Ethernet or wireless routers, switches, or hubs, servers and data storages such as home location registers (HLRs) or servers that implement the functionality of home location registers, visitor location registers (VLRs) or servers that implement the functionality of visitor location registers, mobile management entities, a universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network, packet core network, and other network nodes that are specifically associated with providing wireless access and connectivity to the server computers. 
     It is understood that the system  100  may comprise any number of mobile devices  102 , any number of operators  108 , and any number of enhanced Node Bs  116 . The collectivity of enhanced Node Bs  116  may be said to comprise a universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network, in that these enhanced Node Bs  116  may provide a radio communication link to the mobile devices  102  to provide access to the network  118 . The universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access network may be abstracted in different ways and may comprise, in addition to the enhanced Node Bs  116 , components from the wireless access network. 
     The radio transceiver of the mobile communication device  102  may communicate with the base transceiver station  116  using any of a variety of wireless communication protocols including a code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless communication protocol, a global system for mobile communication (GSM) wireless communication protocol, a long-term evolution (LTE) wireless communication protocol, a world-wide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) wireless communication protocol, or another wireless communication protocol. The mobile device  102  may be any of a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a media player, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, or another network/communications capable device. In an embodiment, the mobile communication device  102  may have other components (not shown) such as a near field communication (NFC) radio transceiver, a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio transceiver, or other components. 
     The transformation engine  106 , the application server  104 , and the media resource function  112  may be implemented using one or more server computers. The transformation engine  106 , the application server  104 , and the media resource function  112  may locate in one computer—for example a server computer, in three different computers—for example, a first server computer for the transformation engine  106 , a second server computer for the application server  104 , and a third server computer for the media resource function  112 , in multiple different computers—for example, a first group of multiple server computers for the transformation engine  106 , a second group of multiple server computers for the application server  104 , and a third group of multiple computers for the media resource function  112 , or in some other combination of computers. In an embodiment, when the transformation engine  106 , the application server  104 , and the media resource function  112  do not locate in one computer, the transformation engine  106 , the application server  104 , and the media resource function  112  may share the same wired or wireless local area network. The first server  114  and the second server  120  may be said to be components of a customer care system. The customer care system may couple to or may be a part of an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). 
     The media resource function  112  may also be referred to as a media server. Each media resource function  112  comprises a media resource function controller (MRFC) and a media resource function processor (MRFP). In an embodiment, the media resource function  112  may provide media-related functionality, for example media manipulation (e.g. voice stream mixing) and playing tones and announcements. For example, when a caller is validated as a first responder and the caller is about to be directed to the destination number, the media resource function  112  may play a final announcement to the caller. 
     In an embodiment, the application server  104  may be an application instead of a piece of hardware. The application server  104  may host and/or execute the IP multimedia subsystem service logic. For example, the application server  104  may provide the service logic for invoking the media resource function  112  to support call progress tones and announcements. The application server  104  may initiate a communication session and/or terminate a communication session. The application server  104  may direct a call session to an operator when identity validation of the caller fails. The application server  104  may manage a call session progress by sending commands/requests to relevant nodes in the customer care system. Additionally, the application server  104  may validate identity information of a caller to determine whether the call may be directed to a destination with priority. 
     For example, when a caller makes a phone call through a communication network of a communication services provider, the caller initiates a request to start a communication session. The application server  104  may generate the request to start the communication session after the request from the caller is received at the application server  104 . The application server  104  may send the generated request to a media resource function  112  and initiate a call to a destination number that was provided by the phone. 
     As another example, when an emergency or a disaster occurs in an area, phone lines may be jammed with a number of people making phone calls which exceeds the capacity of the communication network around the area. For example, if an aircraft crashes in an urban area, surrounding people may make phone calls about the incident and the carrier wireless network access around the area may be jammed. A first responder may desire to make a phone call with wireless network attachment priority after the disaster. A first responder may be a fire personnel, police personnel, an emergency medical personnel, or another type of emergency personnel. When the identity of the first responder is validated, for example with a personal identification number (PIN) or a password, the phone call from the first responder may be placed with priority through the core edge and core of the wireless network. Said in other words, the phone call may be provided a wireless communication link by the enhanced Node B  116 —even if other callers ahead of the first responder continue to wait and/or even if an ongoing normal priority call is dropped. However, when the first responder provides a wrong personal identification number or when the first responder could not provide a personal identification number, the phone call may typically not be transferred to a destination number. 
     In an embodiment, the first responder may be forwarded to an operator  108  by the application server  104  after a predefined number of personal identification number failures, for example three personal identification number failures. Alternatively, the first responder may choose to speak to the operator  108  in the beginning and may be transferred by the application server  104  to the operator  108  even before the first responder is asked for a personal identification number. For example, the application server  104  may initiate a call session with a customer care operator  108  and the caller. For example, the application server  104  may generate a first request to initiate a communication session with and transmit the first request to a mobile device  102  of the caller, the first responder, if the caller is making a phone call with the mobile device  102 . The application server  104  may generate a second request to initiate the communication session with and transmit the second request to a browser  110 . The transformation engine  106  may obtain and/or transform the request to a format that is understandable by the browser  110  and send the transformed request to the browser  110 . The browser  110  may display the request to the operator  108  to start a communication session with the caller. 
     The application server  104  may validate the caller identification before directing the call to a destination number. For example, the application server  104  may send a request to browser  110  through the transformation engine  106  to collect identification related information and validate the collected identification information at the application server  104 . For example, the application server  104  may send a media server control markup language payload (MSCML) encapsulated in a session initiation protocol (SIP) INFO request to the browser  110  via the transformation engine  106  with instructions for the operator  108  to collect a personal identification number and/or a destination number. Answer(s) to personal identification related question(s) may also be referred to as a personal identification number herein. When the transformation engine  106  sends the collected personal identification number and/or the destination number to the application server  104  for the browser  110 , the application server  104  may validate the caller identity. For example, the application server  104  may check the caller identity against records in a data store to determine whether the caller is a first responder or not. Additionally, the application server  104  may check the destination number against records in the data store to determine whether the destination number is an emergency-related phone number. 
     When the validation is completed at the application server  104 , the application server  104  may transmit the validation results to the browser  110  via the transformation engine  106 . The transformation engine  106  may transform the validation results and transmit the transformed validation results to the browser  110 . When the caller is determined to be a first responder and the destination number is emergency related, the operator  108  may send a request to direct the call session to the destination number. Alternatively, when the caller is determined to be a first responder, the operator  108  may send a request to direct the call session to the destination number. 
     The application server  104  may send a request to the media resource function  112  indicating the caller is being invited to participate in a call session, with the destination number this time. The media resource function  112  may play corresponding tones and/or announcements. For example, the media resource function  112  may play a final announcement to inform the caller of being directed to the destination number after a request to play a final announcement from the application server  104  is received at the media resource function  112 . The application server  104  may then direct the caller to the destination number. For example, the application server  104  may send a request to the destination number to initiate a call session with the caller. Additionally/alternatively, when the identity of the caller is validated, the application server  104  may send a separate HTML page on a SIP INFO MSCML payload to instruct the operator  108  to inform the caller of being transferred to the destination number. An MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO message may be referred to herein as a SIP INFO MSCML payload. 
     In an embodiment, the browser  110  may be a web real-time communication capable browser that communicates via JavaScript application programming interfaces (APIs) and/or hypertext markup language 5 (HTML5), for example a Chrome browser of a stable version with web real-time communication APIs, a Firefox browser of a stable version with web real-time communication APIs, an Opera browser of a stable version with web real-time communication APIs, or another web real-time communication capable browser. Web real-time communication capable browsers may support voice calling, video chat, and/or peer-to-peer file sharing without plugins. The browser  110  may be an interface portal for the customer care operator  108 . For example, customer care operators  108  may be registered through the browser  110 . The browser  110  may display relevant information in interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms to the operator  108 . Additionally, the browser  110  may transmit inputs from the operator  108  to the application server  104  via the transformation engine  106 . 
     For example, the browser  110  may display visual ring to the operator  108  in case of an incoming call. The browser  110  may request identification validation information from the operator  108  to determine whether the operator  108  is authorized to handle a communication session, for example an audio session from a first responder. The operator  108  may input a personal identification number into the browser  110  and the browser  110  may validate the identity of the operator  108 , for example by communicating with the application server  104  or a data store that keeps records for operator access rights information. When the identification of the operator  108  is validated, the browser may display and/or activate interactive buttons to the operator  108 . 
     The operator  108  may control an audio or video session through the browser  110 , for example with the interactive buttons. For example, the browser  110  may comprise interactive buttons such as accept, drop, hold, transfer, conference, or another button for the operator  108  to choose from to control an audio or video session. In an embodiment, an authorized operator  108  may choose an “accept” button on the browser  110  to join an incoming audio or video session. The browser  110  may be defined with information contained in MSCML payloads in SIP INFO requests. For example, the MSCML payloads from the application server  104  may be transcoded by the transformation engine  106  to HTML web forms and transmitted to the browser  110 . The interactive HTML web forms may be defined and/or updated with information in the MSCML payloads. 
     For example, instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads may be used to script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller. For example, instructions may be transmitted by the application server  104  on a MSCML payload, transformed into an HTML web form by the transformation engine  106 , and displayed by the browser  110  to instruct the operator  108  to ask the caller to hold the call for a moment while the operator verifies the identification information of the caller with the application server  104 . After the identity of the caller is verified, a separate HTML web form may be transformed by the transformation engine  106  from content extracted from on a MSCML payload sent by the application server  104 , and displayed by the browser  110  to instruct the operator  108  to inform the caller of being directed to a destination number. 
     Prior knowledge at a telephony application server (TAS) about the current customer care session may be displayed by the browser  110  to the operator  108 . A telephony application server may be an application that provides application server(s) with telephony services, for example digit analysis, routing, call setup, call waiting, call forwarding, conferencing, or another type of call processing service. In an embodiment, a telephony application server may store information of a customer care session and provide this information to the operator  108  via the browser  110 . For example, if the caller is a first responder with three previous personal identification number failures, the telephony application server  104  may transmit this information in a MSCML payload in a SIP INFO request to the browser  110  via the transformation engine  106 . The transformation engine  106  may transform the MSCML payload into an HTML web form and transmit the HTML web form to the browser  110 . The browser  110  may update the current HTML web form with updated information from the newly received HTML web form, for example delete information or add information based on incremental content from the current HTML web form to the newly received HTML web form. Alternatively, the browser  110  may replace the current HTML web form with the newly received HTML web form. In an embodiment, when the operator  108  sees the information on the browser  110  that the caller is a first responder with three previous personal identification number failures, time that typically may be used to ask the caller why he/she called may be saved. 
     As another example, the browser  110  may display the caller&#39;s disposition information. For example, if the caller is a responder that chose to speak to an operator  108 , this disposition information may be transmitted from the telephony application server to the transformation engine  106  on an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO request. The transformation engine  106  may transform the MSCML payload to an HTML web form and transmit the HTML web form to the browser  110 . The browser  110  may display this caller disposition information to the operator  108  with the received HTML web form. 
     In an embodiment, the transformation engine  106  may be a component that transcodes for the application server  104  and the browser  110 . The transformation engine  106  may also be referred to as a WebRTC engine herein. A single transformation engine  106  may work with more than one operator  108 . The browser  110  and the transformation engine  106  may be said to form a WebRTC system. The transformation engine  106  may transmit the transformed codes from the application server  104  to the browser  110 . The transformation engine  106  may also transmit the transformed codes from the browser  110  to the application server  104 . For example, the transformation engine  106  may transform SIP INFO MSCML payloads from the application server  104  into HTML web forms and transmit the HTML web forms to the browser  110 . The transformation engine  106  may transform HTML web forms from the browser  110  into SIP INFO MSCML payloads and transmit the MSCML payloads to the application server  104 . 
     The transformation engine  106  may communicate with the application server  104  in a similar way that a media resource function  112  may communicate with the application server  104  in a typical existing IP multimedia subsystem. The transformation engine  106  may communicate with the application server  104  with SIP requests and responses. The transformation engine  106  may communicate with the browser  110  with HTML web forms via hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). For example, the transformation engine  106  may use session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding to invite a customer care operator  108  to a customer care session with a caller. For example, when an application server  104  transmits a SIP INVITE request to invite an operator  108  to a communication session, the application server  104  may first transmit the SIP INVITE request to a transformation engine  106 . The transformation engine  106  may transform the SIP INVITE request to a WebSocket request. The Websocket protocol may be a transport layer on top of transmission control protocol (TCP). The WebSocket connection handshake is based on hypertext transfer protocol and the handshake procedure is designed to reuse the existing hypertext transfer protocol infrastructure. 
     SIP INFO MSCML payloads from the application server  104  may comprise instructions for the operator  108  to collect a personal identification number and a destination number from the caller. The transformation engine  106  may transform the MSCML payload to an HTML web form and transmit the HTML web form to the browser  110 . The browser  110  may display the instructions to the operator  108 . The instructions may comprise personal identification related question(s), for example supervisor name of the caller. 
     The operator  108  may talk to the caller in a voice session and ask the caller at least one of the personal identification related questions. The operator  108  may also ask the caller for a destination number. The operator  108  may input the answer(s) to corresponding personal identification related question(s) and the destination number into a corresponding HTML web form on the browser  110 . The browser  110  may transmit the HTML web form with the answer(s), the corresponding question(s), and the destination number to the transformation engine  106 . The transformation engine  106  may transform the HTML web form to an MSCML payload and transmit the MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO request to the application server  104 . The application server  104  may validate the caller identification by determining whether the answer(s) to the personal identification related question(s) are correct, for example by checking with a data store that keeps records for personal identification related questions and answers. 
     In an embodiment, the application server  104  may transmit the validation results to the transformation engine  106  in an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO request. The transformation engine  106  may transform the MSCML payload to an HTML web form. In an embodiment, each MSCML payload may be mapped to a unique HTML web form. The transformation engine  106  may transmit the HTML web form with the validation results to the browser  110  and the browser  110  may display the HTML web form to the operator  108 . When the identity of the caller is validated, the operator  108  may send a request to the application server  104  to transfer the caller to the destination number, for example by pushing a corresponding button on the HTML web form on the browser  110 . The request may be in the form of an HTML web form and may be received by the transformation engine  106  first. The transformation engine  106  may transform the HTML web form to an MSCML payload and transmit the MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO request to the application server  104 . 
     The application server  104  may transmit instructions in a SIP INFO MSCML payload that may be transformed into a separate HTML page by the transformation engine  106 . The instructions may be displayed by the browser  110  to the operator  108  and may instruct the operator  108  to inform the caller of being directed to the destination number. The application server  104  may terminate the session with the operator  108  by sending a SIP INFO MSCML payload. The transformation engine  106  may transform the MSCML payload to an HTML page and transmit the HTML page to the browser  110 . Then the application server  104  may transfer the caller to the destination number. 
     Turning to  FIG. 2A  and  FIG. 2B , a method  200  is described. At block  202 , session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding is used to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller. For example, the transformation engine  106  may transcode session initiation protocol and hypertext transfer protocol codes to invite the customer care operator  108  to a customer care session with a caller when the caller is a first responder. At block  204 , registered customer care operators are identified through a web real-time communication (WebRTC) browser, wherein the browser is an interface portal for the customer care operator. For example, the operator  108  may be asked to provide a personal identification number through the browser  110 . The browser  110  may be a web real-time communication capable browser that conducts voice calling, video chat, and peer-to-peer file sharing without plugins. The authorization of the operator  108  to handle certain call sessions, for example a call from a first responder, may also be determined. 
     At block  206 , the caller&#39;s disposition is displayed by the browser. For example, if the caller chose to speak to the operator  108 , this disposition information may be displayed to the operator by the browser  110 . Alternatively, if the caller has failed a predefined number of personal identification number trials, the caller may also be transferred to the operator  108 . At block  208 , prior knowledge at a telephony application server (TAS) about the current customer care session is displayed. For example, if the telephony application server has information that the caller called as a first responder in a disaster, the telephony application server may transmit the information to the browser  110 , and the browser  110  may display the information to the operator  108 . This way, time to ask why the caller called may be saved. 
     At block  210 , interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms are displayed to the operator. For example, hypertext markup language web forms may be displayed to the operator  108  by the browser  110 . Visual ring may be displayed to the operator  108  in case of an incoming call. Interactive buttons may also be displayed to the operator  108  on the hypertext markup language web forms. The operator  108  may push the interactive buttons to control call sessions. For example, the operator  108  may push a “drop” button to reject an incoming call. At block  212 , SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payloads and HTML web forms are transcoded by a transformation engine. For example, MSCML payloads embedded in a SIP INFO request may be transcoded to HTML web forms by the transformation engine  106 . HTML web forms may also be transcoded to MSCML payloads by the transformation engine  106 . The mobile device  102  may communicate with the application server  104  via a gateway, for example a media gateway (MGW) with integrated services for digital network (ISDN) user part (ISUP) over message transfer part (MTP), which may be transformed by the media gateway into the session initiation protocol. The media gateway may communicate with the application server  104  via the session initiation protocol. Additionally, the application server  104  may communicate with the media resource function  112  via session initiation protocol. On the other hand, the browser  110  may not recognize session initiation protocol messages but may recognize hypertext transfer protocol messages. The transformation engine  106  may transcode session initiation protocol messages and hypertext transfer protocol messages. Thus, the browser  110  may communicate with the application server  104  via the transformation engine  106 . 
     At block  214 , the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by an application server are transmitted to the operator. For example, when the application server  104  transmits MSCML payloads encapsulated in SIP INFO messages, the transformation engine  106  may obtain the MSCML payloads and transform the MSCML payloads to HTML web forms. Each MSCML payload may be mapped to a unique HTML web form. The transformed HTML web form may be transmitted via hypertext transfer protocol to the browser  110 . The HTML web form may then be displayed to the operator  108  by the browser  110 . At block  216 , the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator are transmitted to the application server. For example, when the operator inputs feedback to the browser  110  via an HTML web form, the browser may transmit the HTML web form to the application server  104 . The transformation engine  106  may obtain the HTML web form from the browser  110  and transform the HTML web form to an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO message. The transformation engine  106  may transmit the transformed MSCML payload encapsulated in the SIP INFO message to the application server  104 . 
     At block  218 , the interface portal is defined with instructions contained in the SIP INFO MSCML payloads. For example, the interface portal, the browser  110 , may be defined with instructions contained in the SIP INFO MSCML payloads from the application server  104 . The transformation engine  106  may transform the SIP INFO MSCML payloads to HTML web forms and the browser  110  may define/update the browser based on information in the HTML web forms. For example, the browser  110  may replace a current HTML web form displayed by the browser  110  with a newly received HTML web form. At block  220 , instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads are used to script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller. For example, instructions from the SIP INFO MSCML payloads may be displayed on HTML web forms to script the operator&#39;s communication with the caller. In an embodiment, the operator  108  may be instructed to request answer(s) to personal identification related question(s) from the caller. The operator  108  may input the answer(s) to the HTML web form. The HTML web form with the answer(s) may be transmitted by the browser  110 , transformed to an MSCML payload encapsulated in a SIP INFO message by the transformation engine  106 , and transmitted to the application server  104 . 
     At block  222 , the caller&#39;s identity is validated at the application server  104 . For example, the answer(s) to the personal identification related question(s) may be validated at the application server  104 . The validation results may be transmitted by the application server  104  back to the browser  110  and displayed to the operator  108 . At block  224 , the caller is transferred to a destination number when the caller&#39;s identity is validated. For example, the operator  108  may be instructed to ask the caller for a destination number. When the identification of the caller is validated at the application server  104  and the validation result is transmitted to the browser  110 , the operator  108  may be instructed to transfer the caller to the destination number. 
     Turning now to  FIG. 3 , a method  300  is described. At block  302 , session initiation protocol (SIP)/hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) signaling transcoding is used to invite a customer care operator to a customer care session with a caller. For example, session initiation protocol and hypertext transfer protocol codes may be transcoded by the transformation engine  106 . The application server  104  may transmit a request via session initiation protocol to the browser  110 . The transformation engine  106  may obtain the request in session initiation protocol code and transform the code to be transmitted via hypertext transfer protocol to the browser  110 . When the request via hypertext transfer protocol is received at the browser  110 , the customer care operator  108  may be invited to a customer care session with a caller by the browser  110 . At block  304 , interactive hypertext markup language (HTML) web forms are displayed to the operator  108 . For example, visual ring may be displayed on an interactive HTML web form by the browser  110  to the operator  108  and the operator  108  may choose to accept the call by pushing an “accept” button on the HTML web form. 
     At block  306 , a SIP INFO media server control markup language (MSCML) payload is mapped to an interactive HTML web form by the transformation engine  106 . At block  308 , the HTML web forms transformed from SIP INFO MSCML payloads sent by the application server  104  are transmitted to the operator  108 . At block  310 , the SIP INFO MSCML payloads transformed from the HTML web forms sent by the operator  108  are transmitted to the application server  104 . At block  312 , the caller&#39;s identity is validated at the application server  104 . At block  314 , the caller is transferred to a destination number when the caller&#39;s identity is validated. For example, the caller may be transferred to a destination number when the caller&#39;s identity is validated by the application server  104 . 
       FIG. 4  depicts the mobile device  400 , which is operable for implementing aspects of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure should not be limited to these implementations. Though illustrated as a mobile phone, the mobile device  400  may take various forms including a wireless handset, a pager, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a gaming device, or a media player. The mobile device  400  includes a display  402  and a touch-sensitive surface and/or keys  404  for input by a user. The mobile device  400  may present options for the user to select, controls for the user to actuate, and/or cursors or other indicators for the user to direct. The mobile device  400  may further accept data entry from the user, including numbers to dial or various parameter values for configuring the operation of the handset. The mobile device  400  may further execute one or more software or firmware applications in response to user commands. These applications may configure the mobile device  400  to perform various customized functions in response to user interaction. Additionally, the mobile device  400  may be programmed and/or configured over-the-air, for example from a wireless base station, a wireless access point, or a peer mobile device  400 . The mobile device  400  may execute a web browser application which enables the display  402  to show a web page. The web page may be obtained via wireless communications with a base transceiver station, a wireless network access node, a peer mobile device  400  or any other wireless communication network or system. 
       FIG. 5  shows a block diagram of the mobile device  400 . While a variety of known components of handsets are depicted, in an embodiment a subset of the listed components and/or additional components not listed may be included in the mobile device  400 . The mobile device  400  includes a digital signal processor (DSP)  502  and a memory  504 . As shown, the mobile device  400  may further include an antenna and front end unit  506 , a radio frequency (RF) transceiver  508 , a baseband processing unit  510 , a microphone  512 , an earpiece speaker  514 , a headset port  516 , an input/output interface  518 , a removable memory card  520 , a universal serial bus (USB) port  522 , an infrared port  524 , a vibrator  526 , a keypad  528 , a touch screen liquid crystal display (LCD) with a touch sensitive surface  530 , a touch screen/LCD controller  532 , a camera  534 , a camera controller  536 , and a global positioning system (GPS) receiver  538 . In an embodiment, the mobile device  400  may include another kind of display that does not provide a touch sensitive screen. In an embodiment, the DSP  502  may communicate directly with the memory  504  without passing through the input/output interface  518 . Additionally, in an embodiment, the mobile device  400  may comprise other peripheral devices that provide other functionality. 
     The DSP  502  or some other form of controller or central processing unit operates to control the various components of the mobile device  400  in accordance with embedded software or firmware stored in memory  504  or stored in memory contained within the DSP  502  itself. In addition to the embedded software or firmware, the DSP  502  may execute other applications stored in the memory  504  or made available via information carrier media such as portable data storage media like the removable memory card  520  or via wired or wireless network communications. The application software may comprise a compiled set of machine-readable instructions that configure the DSP  502  to provide the desired functionality, or the application software may be high-level software instructions to be processed by an interpreter or compiler to indirectly configure the DSP  502 . 
     The DSP  502  may communicate with a wireless network via the analog baseband processing unit  510 . In some embodiments, the communication may provide Internet connectivity, enabling a user to gain access to content on the Internet and to send and receive e-mail or text messages. The input/output interface  518  interconnects the DSP  502  and various memories and interfaces. The memory  504  and the removable memory card  520  may provide software and data to configure the operation of the DSP  502 . Among the interfaces may be the USB port  522  and the infrared port  524 . The USB port  522  may enable the mobile device  400  to function as a peripheral device to exchange information with a personal computer or other computer system. The infrared port  524  and other optional ports such as a Bluetooth® interface or an IEEE 802.11 compliant wireless interface may enable the mobile device  400  to communicate wirelessly with other nearby handsets and/or wireless base stations. 
     The keypad  528  couples to the DSP  502  via the input/output interface  518  to provide one mechanism for the user to make selections, enter information, and otherwise provide input to the mobile device  400 . Another input mechanism may be the touch screen LCD  530 , which may also display text and/or graphics to the user. The touch screen LCD controller  532  couples the DSP  502  to the touch screen LCD  530 . The GPS receiver  538  is coupled to the DSP  502  to decode global positioning system signals, thereby enabling the mobile device  400  to determine its position. 
       FIG. 6A  illustrates a software environment  602  that may be implemented by the DSP  502 . The DSP  502  executes operating system software  604  that provides a platform from which the rest of the software operates. The operating system software  604  may provide a variety of drivers for the handset hardware with standardized interfaces that are accessible to application software. The operating system software  604  may be coupled to and interact with application management services (AMS)  606  that transfer control between applications running on the mobile device  400 . Also shown in  FIG. 6A  are a web browser application  608 , a media player application  610 , and JAVA applets  612 . The web browser application  608  may be executed by the mobile device  400  to browse content and/or the Internet, for example when the mobile device  400  is coupled to a network via a wireless link. The web browser application  608  may permit a user to enter information into forms and select links to retrieve and view web pages. The media player application  610  may be executed by the mobile device  400  to play audio or audiovisual media. The JAVA applets  612  may be executed by the mobile device  400  to provide a variety of functionality including games, utilities, and other functionality. 
       FIG. 6B  illustrates an alternative software environment  620  that may be implemented by the DSP  502 . The DSP  502  executes operating system kernel (OS kernel)  628  and an execution runtime  630 . The DSP  502  executes applications  622  that may execute in the execution runtime  630  and may rely upon services provided by the application framework  624 . Applications  622  and the application framework  624  may rely upon functionality provided via the libraries  626 . 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a computer system  380  suitable for implementing one or more embodiments disclosed herein. The computer system  380  includes a processor  382  (which may be referred to as a central processor unit or CPU) that is in communication with memory devices including secondary storage  384 , read only memory (ROM)  386 , random access memory (RAM)  388 , input/output (I/O) devices  390 , and network connectivity devices  392 . The processor  382  may be implemented as one or more CPU chips. 
     It is understood that by programming and/or loading executable instructions onto the computer system  380 , at least one of the CPU  382 , the RAM  388 , and the ROM  386  are changed, transforming the computer system  380  in part into a particular machine or apparatus having the novel functionality taught by the present disclosure. It is fundamental to the electrical engineering and software engineering arts that functionality that can be implemented by loading executable software into a computer can be converted to a hardware implementation by well-known design rules. Decisions between implementing a concept in software versus hardware typically hinge on considerations of stability of the design and numbers of units to be produced rather than any issues involved in translating from the software domain to the hardware domain. Generally, a design that is still subject to frequent change may be preferred to be implemented in software, because re-spinning a hardware implementation is more expensive than re-spinning a software design. Generally, a design that is stable that will be produced in large volume may be preferred to be implemented in hardware, for example in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), because for large production runs the hardware implementation may be less expensive than the software implementation. Often a design may be developed and tested in a software form and later transformed, by well-known design rules, to an equivalent hardware implementation in an application specific integrated circuit that hardwires the instructions of the software. In the same manner as a machine controlled by a new ASIC is a particular machine or apparatus, likewise a computer that has been programmed and/or loaded with executable instructions may be viewed as a particular machine or apparatus. 
     The secondary storage  384  is typically comprised of one or more disk drives or tape drives and is used for non-volatile storage of data and as an over-flow data storage device if RAM  388  is not large enough to hold all working data. Secondary storage  384  may be used to store programs which are loaded into RAM  388  when such programs are selected for execution. The ROM  386  is used to store instructions and perhaps data which are read during program execution. ROM  386  is a non-volatile memory device which typically has a small memory capacity relative to the larger memory capacity of secondary storage  384 . The RAM  388  is used to store volatile data and perhaps to store instructions. Access to both ROM  386  and RAM  388  is typically faster than to secondary storage  384 . The secondary storage  384 , the RAM  388 , and/or the ROM  386  may be referred to in some contexts as computer readable storage media and/or non-transitory computer readable media. 
     I/O devices  390  may include printers, video monitors, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), touch screen displays, keyboards, keypads, switches, dials, mice, track balls, voice recognizers, card readers, paper tape readers, or other well-known input devices. 
     The network connectivity devices  392  may take the form of modems, modem banks, Ethernet cards, universal serial bus (USB) interface cards, serial interfaces, token ring cards, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) cards, wireless local area network (WLAN) cards, radio transceiver cards such as code division multiple access (CDMA), global system for mobile communications (GSM), long-term evolution (LTE), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), and/or other air interface protocol radio transceiver cards, and other well-known network devices. These network connectivity devices  392  may enable the processor  382  to communicate with the Internet or one or more intranets. With such a network connection, it is contemplated that the processor  382  might receive information from the network, or might output information to the network in the course of performing the above-described method steps. Such information, which is often represented as a sequence of instructions to be executed using processor  382 , may be received from and outputted to the network, for example, in the form of a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave. 
     Such information, which may include data or instructions to be executed using processor  382  for example, may be received from and outputted to the network, for example, in the form of a computer data baseband signal or signal embodied in a carrier wave. The baseband signal or signal embedded in the carrier wave, or other types of signals currently used or hereafter developed, may be generated according to several methods well known to one skilled in the art. The baseband signal and/or signal embedded in the carrier wave may be referred to in some contexts as a transitory signal. 
     The processor  382  executes instructions, codes, computer programs, scripts which it accesses from hard disk, floppy disk, optical disk (these various disk based systems may all be considered secondary storage  384 ), ROM  386 , RAM  388 , or the network connectivity devices  392 . While only one processor  382  is shown, multiple processors may be present. Thus, while instructions may be discussed as executed by a processor, the instructions may be executed simultaneously, serially, or otherwise executed by one or multiple processors. Instructions, codes, computer programs, scripts, and/or data that may be accessed from the secondary storage  384 , for example, hard drives, floppy disks, optical disks, and/or other device, the ROM  386 , and/or the RAM  388  may be referred to in some contexts as non-transitory instructions and/or non-transitory information. 
     In an embodiment, the computer system  380  may comprise two or more computers in communication with each other that collaborate to perform a task. For example, but not by way of limitation, an application may be partitioned in such a way as to permit concurrent and/or parallel processing of the instructions of the application. Alternatively, the data processed by the application may be partitioned in such a way as to permit concurrent and/or parallel processing of different portions of a data set by the two or more computers. In an embodiment, virtualization software may be employed by the computer system  380  to provide the functionality of a number of servers that is not directly bound to the number of computers in the computer system  380 . For example, virtualization software may provide twenty virtual servers on four physical computers. In an embodiment, the functionality disclosed above may be provided by executing the application and/or applications in a cloud computing environment. Cloud computing may comprise providing computing services via a network connection using dynamically scalable computing resources. Cloud computing may be supported, at least in part, by virtualization software. A cloud computing environment may be established by an enterprise and/or may be hired on an as-needed basis from a third party provider. Some cloud computing environments may comprise cloud computing resources owned and operated by the enterprise as well as cloud computing resources hired and/or leased from a third party provider. 
     In an embodiment, some or all of the functionality disclosed above may be provided as a computer program product. The computer program product may comprise one or more computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therein to implement the functionality disclosed above. The computer program product may comprise data structures, executable instructions, and other computer usable program code. The computer program product may be embodied in removable computer storage media and/or non-removable computer storage media. The removable computer readable storage medium may comprise, without limitation, a paper tape, a magnetic tape, magnetic disk, an optical disk, a solid state memory chip, for example analog magnetic tape, compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) disks, floppy disks, jump drives, digital cards, multimedia cards, and others. The computer program product may be suitable for loading, by the computer system  380 , at least portions of the contents of the computer program product to the secondary storage  384 , to the ROM  386 , to the RAM  388 , and/or to other non-volatile memory and volatile memory of the computer system  380 . The processor  382  may process the executable instructions and/or data structures in part by directly accessing the computer program product, for example by reading from a CD-ROM disk inserted into a disk drive peripheral of the computer system  380 . Alternatively, the processor  382  may process the executable instructions and/or data structures by remotely accessing the computer program product, for example by downloading the executable instructions and/or data structures from a remote server through the network connectivity devices  392 . The computer program product may comprise instructions that promote the loading and/or copying of data, data structures, files, and/or executable instructions to the secondary storage  384 , to the ROM  386 , to the RAM  388 , and/or to other non-volatile memory and volatile memory of the computer system  380 . 
     In some contexts, the secondary storage  384 , the ROM  386 , and the RAM  388  may be referred to as a non-transitory computer readable medium or a computer readable storage media. A dynamic RAM embodiment of the RAM  388 , likewise, may be referred to as a non-transitory computer readable medium in that while the dynamic RAM receives electrical power and is operated in accordance with its design, for example during a period of time during which the computer system  380  is turned on and operational, the dynamic RAM stores information that is written to it. Similarly, the processor  382  may comprise an internal RAM, an internal ROM, a cache memory, and/or other internal non-transitory storage blocks, sections, or components that may be referred to in some contexts as non-transitory computer readable media or computer readable storage media. 
     While several embodiments have been provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed systems and methods may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. The present examples are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the intention is not to be limited to the details given herein. For example, the various elements or components may be combined or integrated in another system or certain features may be omitted or not implemented. 
     Also, techniques, systems, subsystems, and methods described and illustrated in the various embodiments as discrete or separate may be combined or integrated with other systems, modules, techniques, or methods without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Other items shown or discussed as directly coupled or communicating with each other may be indirectly coupled or communicating through some interface, device, or intermediate component, whether electrically, mechanically, or otherwise. Other examples of changes, substitutions, and alterations are ascertainable by one skilled in the art and could be made without departing from the spirit and scope disclosed herein.