US 6,983,043 B2
Method and apparatus for automatically generating common paradigms in computer supported telephony applications (CSTA) protocols
Mark Bernard Hettish, Cary, N.C. (US)
Assigned to Siemens Communications, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. (US)
Filed on May 23, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/863,912.
Prior Publication US 2003/0002649 A1, Jan. 02, 2003
Int. Cl. H04M 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 379—231 28 Claims
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1. A control interface for controlling CSTA protocols in a PBX switch, said control interface comprising:
(a) a computing platform coupled to the PBX switch by the control interface for controlling CSTA protocols; and
(b) component based interface objects running on said computing platform and defining properties, methods, and events, said properties, methods and events being mapped to automatically control common paradigms, wherein said common paradigms include invoke ID generation, invoke ID timing, send heartbeat, reply to heartbeat.