Patent ID: 7933205

Claim:
A method for configuring a request for service from a first network to a second network, comprising: receiving and preprocessing the request for service that is transmitted from the first network to the second network, wherein the first network and the second network are operated by disparate service providers; classifying the request for service as a real-time or a non real-time service request based in part on a real-time performance requirement associated with handling the request for service, the real-time performance requirement determined by the first network based in part on a configuration provided by a service provider of the first network; determining a subcategory of the classified request for service based in part on at least one network policy of the first network that depends on at least one of a geographical location or geographical area associated with the service, wherein the determining includes determining disparate subcategories for the classified request for service in disparate geographic locations or geographic areas; and forwarding the request for service to the second network along with at least one of the classification or the subcategory, the second network utilizes the at least one of the category or the subcategory to facilitate allocation of a resource of the second network to process the request for service.