Methods, systems, and products for providing communications services by determining the communications services require a subcontracted processing service and subcontracting to the subcontracted processing service in order to provide the communications services

摘要

Methods, systems, and products receive a request for communications service at a service provider. A subcontracted processing service is determined to fulfill the request for communications service. Packets of data are subcontracted to a different service provider to receive the subcontracted processing service. A result of the subcontracted processing service is received from the different service provider.

主权项

1. A server of a service provider, comprising:
a processor; and a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising: receiving electronic packets of data from an interface to a communications network, the electronic packets of data containing a request for communications service sent from a client device, the client device requesting a communications service provided by the service provider; determining that the communications service, provided by the service provider, requires a subcontracted processing service provided by a different subcontractor service provider to fulfill the request for communications service requested by the client device; creating a segment of the electronic packets of data requiring the subcontracted processing service; subcontracting the segment of the electronic packets of data from the server into the communications network for delivery to a network address associated with a subcontractor server associated with the different subcontractor service provider to receive the subcontracted processing service; and receiving, at the server, a result of the subcontracted processing service subcontracted to the different subcontractor service provider.