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US 2014/0237030 A1Published application
Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Communications Services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsDonna K. Hodges, Barrett M. Kreiner, Steven N. Tischer
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products provide communications services. A request for communications service is received. When at least a portion of the communications service requires a processing service, packets of data are subcontracted to a service provider to receive the processing service. A result of the processing service is received and incorporated in the communications service.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a request sent from a client device, the request requesting communications service from a service provider;
- determining, by the server, that a portion of the communications service requires a processing service;
- querying, by the server, for a service provider that provides the processing service;
- subcontracting packets of data from the server over a communications network to another server of the service provider to receive the processing service;
- receiving, at the server, a result of the processing service;
- and
- incorporating the result of the processing service in the communications service.
4 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing code that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request sent from a client device requesting communications service from a service provider;
- determining that a portion of the communications service requires a processing service;
- querying for a service provider that provides the processing service;
- subcontracting packets of data over a communications network to a server of the service provider to receive the processing service;
- receiving a result of the processing service;
- and
- incorporating the result of the processing service in the communications service.
7 more elements
A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a request sent from a client device requesting communications service from a service provider;
- determining that a portion of the communications service requires a processing service;
- querying for a service provider that provides the processing service;
- subcontracting packets of data over a communications network to a server of the service provider to receive the processing service;
- receiving a result of the processing service;
- and
- incorporating the result of the processing service in the communications service.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.