Transcript BT Labs December 1998

“That’s P-a-r-l-a-y
not P-a-r-l-e-z!”
Richard Kett
BT ACE
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This presentation does
not imply any intention
on the part of BT to
implement the Parlay
API or any of the
functionality described
within.
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Parlay
To use one’s talents to
achieve success
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Aim
• To make network capabilities available to
3rd party service providers
• To enable them to run their services on
operators’ networks
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Parlay Project
• Started March 98
• 5 company, cross industry group
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BT
DGM&S Telecom
Microsoft
Nortel Networks
Siemens
• Press announcements May 98 and
November 98
• Created a specification of an open,
technology independent, secure,
communication services network API
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Concept
The Telco World of
Networks and Services
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Concept
API
The Telco World of
Networks and Services
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Telco World Today
Applications
Service Components
Physical Networks
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Telco World Today
800, Personal Numbering
Voice messaging...
Authentication, Routing,
Billing, Storage, Configuration...
ISDN, PSTN, IP...
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Telco World Today
800, Personal Numbering
Voice messaging...
Authentication, Routing,
Billing, Storage, Configuration...
ISDN, PSTN, IP...
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PARLAY API
API
Service Components
Physical Networks
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App n
App 3
App 2
App 1
PARLAY API
API
Service Components
Physical Networks
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Convergence
The IT World
Rich in Applications
API
The Telco World
Rich in Networks
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Application
WWW
Pages
API set
E-Mail
Operational Network
Support capabilities
Caller
Public Network
Call
Distribution
Private
Network
Voice
Mail
Voice
prompts
Agents
Home Agents
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Application
Parlay API set
Network
Gateway
Operational Network
Support capabilities
Caller
Public Network
Agents
Home Agents
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Perspectives
Service
Provider
Network
Operator
Application
Developer
End
Customer
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Perspectives
Network Operator
• Growth in use of the network
• Re-use of common service features
• Create the ‘value add’ intermediate
market support layer
• Regulatory pressures and competition
• Network Integrity
• Security
• Charging & Billing
• QoS
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Perspectives
Service Provider
• Time to market.
• Applications can treat networks based
upon different technologies in a similar
manner.
• Services can be offered on and across
networks of different kinds (application
portability)
• Service Interworking
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Perspectives
Application Developer
• Whole range of new business
opportunities.
• Opens up communications service
opportunities/possibilities to the majority
of software developers.
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Perspectives
End Customer
• Services integrated with all other
software solutions to jointly solve the
customer’s real personal and business
problems.
• Massive market growth in new
applications/ services
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API Characteristics
• Object Oriented (OO)
• Network & technology independent
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Extensible
Secure
Discovery
Managed
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The Parlay API working group
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Phase 2
•June 15th, 1999 Parlay Group announces
new members
• Parlay Phase 2 underway
- mobility
- conferencing
- discovery and security
•v1.1 released, v1.2 Sep’99, v2 Dec’99
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Summary
• Parlay describes a network API that
would open up network capabilities to
3rd parties.
• Parlay changes the business model
(separates the network operator from the
service provider)
• Raises many commercial and technical
issues: integrity, security,charging, fraud,
QoS & service interworking.
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Questions ?
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