System and method for providing a micro-services communication platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025071183-A1
Application number	US-202418946271-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 13, 2024
Priority date	Oct 21, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A multi-tenant media communication platform system and methods. The platform system includes media communication micro-services and micro-service configuration for a plurality of entities configured for use of the platform system. Enrolling an entity in the platform system includes setting entity configuration for use of the platform system by the entity. A micro-service request is processed according to the entity configuration. The micro-service request is a request for use of at least one micro-service of the platform system on behalf of the entity. Use of each micro-service is accounted for on behalf of the entity. Billing information for the entity is generated based on the accounting for the use of each micro-service on behalf of the entity. Entity configuration includes micro-service configuration, and micro-service configuration specifies at least one of: an endpoint mapping to at least one application logic URI, an event callback URI, and an event application logic URI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A communication platform comprising:
one or more computer processors; and one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the communication platform to perform operations comprising:
detecting, based on accounting for use of a micro-service by a first account and a second account and shared profile information between the first account and the second account, an illicit usage pattern; and
in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between the first account and the communication platform.

2 . The communication platform of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the illicit usage pattern is further based on detecting that a communication stream that is registered for transmission of data of a first data type is used to transmit data of a second data type.

3 . The communication platform of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between subaccounts of the first account and the communication platform.

4 . The communication platform of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
calculating a fraud score from usage data for the first account; and determining whether the fraud score satisfies a fraud threshold.

5 . The communication platform of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing the micro-service in relation to a communication session between a first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint.

6 . The communication platform of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
establishing, for the first account, a micro-service configuration that describes triggering conditions for initiating use of the micro-service in relation to the first account.

7 . A method comprising:
detecting, at a communication platform, based on accounting for use of a micro-service by a first account and a second account and shared profile information between the first account and the second account, an illicit usage pattern; and in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between the first account and the communication platform.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the detecting of the illicit usage pattern is further based on detecting that a communication stream that is registered for transmission of data of a first data type is used to transmit data of a second data type.

9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between subaccounts of the first account and the communication platform.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
calculating a fraud score from usage data for the first account; and determining whether the fraud score satisfies a fraud threshold.

11 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
providing the micro-service in relation to a communication session between a first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint.

12 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
establishing, for the first account, a micro-service configuration that describes triggering conditions for initiating use of the micro-service in relation to the first account.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
detecting, based on event data of the first account, that a triggering event associated with the first account has been triggered; and processing detection of the triggering event according to the triggering conditions for use of the micro-service described by the micro-service configuration.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
establishing, for the second account, a second micro-service configuration that describes triggering conditions for initiating use of the micro-service in relation to the second account, the triggering conditions for use of the micro-service by the second account being different than the triggering conditions for use of the micro-service by the first account.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
accounting for usage of the micro-services in association with the second account based on the second micro-service configuration established for the second account.

16 . The method of claim 8 , wherein a first billing profile for the first account defines a pricing of usage at a first tier of usage and a second billing profile for the second account defines the pricing of usage at a second tier of usage.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the pricing of usage at the second tier of usage is higher than the pricing of usage at the first tier of usage.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of a communication platform, cause the communication platform to perform operations comprising:
detecting, based on accounting for use of a micro-service by a first account and a second account and shared profile information between the first account and the second account, an illicit usage pattern; and in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between the first account and the communication platform.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the detecting of the illicit usage pattern is further based on detecting that a communication stream that is registered for transmission of data of a first data type is used to transmit data of a second data type.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to the detecting of the illicit usage pattern, preventing future interactions between subaccounts of the first account and the communication platform.

Assignees

• Twilio Inc

Inventors

• Lawson Jeffrey
• Wolthius John

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/141

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L2101/38

  Telephone uniform resource identifier [URI] · CPC title

• H04L67/565

  Conversion or adaptation of application format or content (adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561) · CPC title

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title