Patent ID: 7464179

Claim:
A method of providing communications services, comprising: receiving a request for communications service, the request for communications service originating from a client communications device associated with a user, the request for communications service requesting communications service from a service provider; dynamically assessing in real-time an availability of i) a communications network operated by the service provider and ii) another communications network operated by a different service provider; when a subcontracted processing service is required, interrogating the different service provider to fulfill the subcontracted processing service; ascertaining a best-value scenario that maximizes profitability for the service provider, the best value scenario comprising at least one of segmentation, dispersion, assemblage, and routing of electronic data to fulfill the request; grouping together individual packets of data as a segment, each of the individual packets of data in the segment requiring the subcontracted processing service; dispersing the segment to the different service provider for fulfillment of the subcontracted processing service; receiving a result of the subcontracted processing service from the different service provider; and providing the communications service to fulfill the request, the communications service provided according to the best-value scenario.