System and method for managing latency in a distributed telephony network

A method for architecting a geographically distributed communication computing platform with a subset of resources in a first region and a subset of resources in a second region comprising:

• at a signaling gateway of a first region, receiving a communication invitation of a first endpoint from a communication provider;
• signaling the communication invitation to a communication-processing server in a second region;
• in response to communication processing of the communication-processing server, dynamically directing signaling and media of the communication according to processing instructions and resources available in at least the first and two regions;
• wherein dynamically directing signaling and media communication of the communication comprises selectively routing media communication exclusively through communication resources of the first region if resources are available in the first region or selectively routing media communication between the first endpoint, the gateway, and at least the communication-processing server if media resources are not in the first region.

A system for managing synchronous communication across regions comprising:

• a communication-processing server in a first region configured to retrieve application instructions from an addressable resource associated with a destination endpoint of a communication invitation and process the retrieved application instructions;
• service provider interfaces in a second region with communication to outside communication endpoints in the second region;
• a communication gateway of the second region configured to dynamically redirect signaling and media communication flow between at least one endpoint of the second region and the communication-processing server of the first region during the duration of a synchronous communication session;
• wherein the first region and the second region are within geographically distinct regions wherein latency of media communication flow between the first region and the second region is greater than latency of media communication flow between endpoints of the second region.