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Host-computer interfaces

In many applications, the IVR  has to be connected to a host-computer  to get and/or store appropriate data. The IVR  is usually seen as a terminal or group of terminals, and each user is considered as a terminal session, on the network.

So there is a need for proper or standard communication protocols . Usually technology providers use host-computer  emulation packages  (like IBM3174, X25, ANSI-ASYNC, DEC-VT100, TCP/IP, Novell-Netware, etc.). Recently other interfaces were introduced to support the integration of telephone resources with computer-based information systems (see section on CTI below). The application developer should know if such connections are available and how suitable they are for his application.



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