Multiple-factor authentication

A computer-implemented method carried out by a data-communications system having communications circuitry communicatively integrated with computer processing circuitry and a server set of one or more cloud-based servers to provide data communications services to a plurality of remotely-situated client entities affiliated with a plurality of users including a certain user associated with a client entity, the method comprising:

• permitting the certain user or the client entity to specify call-flow aspects of services to be provided for the client entity, by providing a set of commands from among a set of restricted commands, wherein the set of commands are:
• written in a high-level language or script,
• capable of being carried out by the server set in a manner specific to one or more particular applications of the client entity and to data-communication flow decisions that are based upon code being executed on a client side of the server set, as opposed to being based upon code being executed on a server side of the server set, and
• inclusive of an indication of a specific security data, including at least one of a name and a password to be received through a web interface, to implement at least part of an authentication required for accessing the communications circuitry;
• generating a communication request including an indication of a target endpoint, and including specifications written in the high-level language or script instructing how to implement a part of the authentication;
• and
• processing the communication request according to a call-flow decision provided by the set of commands.

A computer-implemented method to be carried out by a data-communications system that provides data communications services, the method comprising:

• permitting, via computer processing circuitry, a user or client entity to specify call-flow aspects of services to be provided for the client entity, by providing a set of commands that are:
• written in a high-level language or script,
• capable of being carried out by a server set, integrated with the computer processing circuitry, in a manner specific to one or more particular applications of the client entity and to data-communication flow decisions that are based upon code being executed on a client side of the server set, as opposed to being based upon code being executed on a server side of the server set, and
• inclusive of an indication of a specific security data, including at least one of a name and a password to be received through a web interface, to implement at least part of an authentication required for accessing the communications processing circuitry;
• generating a communication request including an indication of a target endpoint, and including specifications written in the high-level language or script instructing how to implement a part of the authentication;
• and
• processing the communication request according to a call-flow decision provided by the set of commands.