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A plurality of service centers, disbursed throughout a telecommunications network such as the public switched telephone system (PSTN), competitively bid for the rights to service a particular call to be serviced from one of the service centers. After comparing the cost (or other parameter to be opti

A plurality of service centers, disbursed throughout a telecommunications network such as the public switched telephone system (PSTN), competitively bid for the rights to service a particular call to be serviced from one of the service centers. After comparing the cost (or other parameter to be optimized) of servicing a call from the numerous different service centers, the cost (or other parameter) of the call is minimized (optimized) by assigning it to the service center which can service the call at the lowest possible cost (best value of any other parameter).

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[ We claim:] [1.] A telecommunications system for servicing requests in a manner to optimize a predetermined parameter, said telecommunications system comprising:a plurality of service centers, each service center comprising means for servicing requests, said requests being required by an end user o

[ We claim:] [1.] A telecommunications system for servicing requests in a manner to optimize a predetermined parameter, said telecommunications system comprising:a plurality of service centers, each service center comprising means for servicing requests, said requests being required by an end user of said telecommunications system, the servicing of said requests having a duration;means for determining which service center of said plurality of service centers can service each of said requests at an optimum value of a predetermined parameter said means for determining including:means for requesting that each service center submit a bid indicative of a value of said predetermined parameter at which said service center can service each of said request;means for calculating the bid, based upon at least in part the duration of a particular request to be serviced and a value of a predetermined parameter at which each service center can service said particular request and for comparing bids calculated by the service centers; andmeans for servicing each of said requests from said service center which can service each of said requests at said optimum value.