Allocation of network resources
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1. A method for allocating a resource, comprising:
- receiving a request to allocate at least a portion of a resource;
dynamically establishing a trust relationship between the resource and a requestor that issues the request; and
allocating at least the portion of the resource to the requester, if the trust relationship was successfully established.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for allocating resources over a network. A resource consumer requests access to a resource over a network. As part of that request, the resource consumer acquires information that permits it to securely communicate with a resource provider. The resource provider controls the resource and once satisfied with the security of a request from a resource consumer allocates the resource for access by the resource consumer.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a resource, comprising:
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receiving a request to allocate at least a portion of a resource;
dynamically establishing a trust relationship between the resource and a requestor that issues the request; and
allocating at least the portion of the resource to the requester, if the trust relationship was successfully established. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for facilitating the allocation of resources, comprising:
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receiving registrations from resource providers, wherein the registrations identify resources that may be accessed over a network by resource consumers;
receiving requests from the resource consumers for desired consumption of the resources; and
facilitating allocation of the resources to the resource consumers by providing the resource consumers with authentication information and mechanisms for acquiring specific ones of the resources from the resource providers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for acquiring allocation of a resource, comprising:
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querying a service for available resources;
receiving at least one resource identifier a specific resource;
receiving a trust certificate from the service for a resource provider of the specific resource; and
initiating communication with the resource provider by supplying the trust certificate, wherein the communication results in the specific resource being allocated for use. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A network resource allocation system, comprising:
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a resource located on a resource provider; and
an identity service, wherein the resource provider registers the resource with the identity service, the identity service identifies the resource to a resource consumer, which is located remotely on a network from the resource provider, and the identity service provides to the resource consumer authentication information and authentication mechanisms for authenticating to the resource provider and acquiring allocation to the resource. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A network resource allocation system, comprising:
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a resource provider; and
a resource consumer, wherein the resource provider identifies one or more resources which are available to be allocated to the resource consumer, the resource consumer acquires the identity of the resource and authentication information for interacting with the resource provider in order to acquire allocation to at least a portion of the one or more resources. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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