Using Cloud Brokering Services for an Opportunistic Cloud Offering
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1. A method, comprising:
- publishing descriptions for a plurality of published services, the descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties;
receiving a request to broker a transaction from a requesting party, the request indicating a requested service, the requested service selected from the plurality of published services;
associating the requested service to one of the published services; and
facilitating the transaction for the one of the published services.
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method comprises publishing descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties. The descriptions describe a plurality of published services available for a requesting party to request. The method receives requests to broker a transaction from the requesting party, associates a requested service to one of the published services, and facilitates a transaction for the one of the published services.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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publishing descriptions for a plurality of published services, the descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties; receiving a request to broker a transaction from a requesting party, the request indicating a requested service, the requested service selected from the plurality of published services; associating the requested service to one of the published services; and facilitating the transaction for the one of the published services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors operable to; publish descriptions for a plurality of published services, the descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties; and an interface operable to; receive a request to broker a transaction from a requesting party, the request indicating a requested service, the requested service selected from the plurality of published services; and the one or more processors further operable to; associate the requested service to one of the published services; and facilitate the transaction for the one of the published services. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium storing logic when executed by a processor configured to:
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publish descriptions for a plurality of published services, the descriptions available from a plurality of publishing parties; receive a request to broker a transaction from a requesting party, the request indicating a requested service, the requested service selected from the plurality of published services; associate the requested service to one of the published services; and facilitate the transaction for the one of the published services. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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determining resource availability for a computing system of an enterprise; comparing the resource availability to a maximum requirements threshold; if the resource availability exceeds the maximum requirements threshold, offering services associated with one or more idle resources to consumers external to the enterprise; detecting when the resource availability falls below the maximum requirements threshold; and ceasing to offer the services to consumers external to the enterprise. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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requesting a requested service from a brokering system; obtaining the requested service from a service provider associated with the brokering system; and incorporating the requested service into an existing service to create a custom service. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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