Patent ID: 8027360

Claim:
A queuing module in a gateway system having: a plurality of application interfaces for connecting to a respective plurality of external applications via at least one network; each said external application distinct from a plurality of subscribers and configured to provide at least one external application function call relating to at least one of said plurality of subscribers to its respective application interface; a plurality of intelligent network (IN) platform adapters for connecting to a respective plurality of IN platforms; each of said IN platforms configured to respond to at least one of said external application function calls; said queuing module comprising: connections for interconnecting said application interfaces and said platform adapter interfaces; said queuing module configured to maintain, in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, a routing indication associating each of said application interlaces with at least one of said IN platform adapters; said queuing module further configured to route said at least one external application function call to one of said platform adapters based on said routing indication.