Patent ID: 7649982

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining, at a server device and via a network, a script command related to teletype (TTY) communications in the network, where the script command includes instructions to: emulate a TTY device on the network, the TTY device including a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), define a TTY test case, and identify one or more other network devices in the network to be accessed, by the server device and in real-time, to implement the TTY test case; translating, via the server device, the script command to access the instructions; implementing, via the server device, the script command to test the network using the TTY test case, including accessing the one or more other network devices, and emulating, via the server device and on the network, the TTY device, where emulating the TTY device includes one or more of generating or receiving a TTY signal based on the translated script command; and storing, via the server device, one or more results from implementing the script command.