Patent ID: 8908855

Claim:
A system configured to allocate telephony resources to a computer network, the system comprising: one or more computing devices configured with specific computer-executable instructions to implement: a telephony resource service associated with a set of available telephony resources, the telephony resource service configured to receive a request to increase telephony resources of a first computer network based at least in part on allocation of the set of available telephony resources to the first computer network; a configurable network service configured to establish a telephony-capable communication link between the one or more computing devices and the first computer network to enable the first computer network to receive at least one telephone call via the set of available telephony resources without utilization of a set of existing telephony resources of the first computer network; and a network extension service configured to: receive, via the set of available telephony resources, the at least one telephone call for delivery to the first computer network; and distribute the at least one telephone call to the first computer network via the established telephony-capable communication link.