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Method and apparatus for zero-footprint phone application development

US7140004B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 2000
Grant dateNov 21, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M7/1295
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A zero-footprint remotely hosted phone application development environment is described. The environment allows a developer to use a standard computer without any specialized software (in some embodiments all that is necessary is a web browser and network access) together with a telephone to develop sophisticated phone applications that use speech recognition and/or touch tone inputs to perform tasks, access web-based information, and/or perform commercial transactions. Some embodiments support concurrent call flow tracking that allows a developer to observe, using a web browser, the execution of her/his application. A variety of reusable libraries are provided to enable the developer to leverage well-developed libraries for common playback, input, and computational tasks. Embodiments support rapid application deployment from the development environment to hosted application deployment to the intended audience.

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