Method and Apparatus for Development, Deployment, and Maintenance of a Voice Software Application for Distribution to One or More Consumers

Abstract

A system for developing, deploying and maintaining a voice application over a communications network to one or more recipients has a voice application server connected to a data network for storing and serving voice applications, a network communications server connected to the data network and to the communications network for routing the voice applications to their intended recipients, a computer station connected to the data network having control access to at least the voice application server, and a software application running on the computer station for creating applications and managing their states. The system is characterized in that a developer operating the software application from the computer station creates voice applications through object modeling and linking, stores them for deployment in the application server, and manages deployment and state of deployed applications including scheduled deployment and repeat deployments in terms of intended recipients.

1 . A system for developing and deploying a voice application over a communications network to one or more recipients comprising:
 a voice application server connected to a data network for storing and serving voice applications;   a network communications server connected to the data network and to the communications network for routing the voice applications to their intended recipients;   a computer station connected to the data network having control access to at least the voice application server; and   a software application running on the computer station for creating applications and managing their states;   characterized in that a developer operating the software application from the computer station creates voice applications through object modeling and linking, stores them for deployment in the application server, and manages deployment and state of deployed applications including scheduled deployment and repeat deployments in terms of intended recipients.