Cloud computing roaming services
First Claim
1. A method for providing Cloud roaming services in a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
- receiving a request for a Cloud service from a requester in the Cloud computing environment;
determining a set of Cloud providers capable of providing the requested Cloud service based on a profile of the requester and a capability of each of the set of Cloud providers; and
making a selection to match the requester with at least one of the set of Cloud providers based upon a match between the profile and the capability, wherein the matching can be initiated and controlled by both the requester, by analyzing the set of Cloud providers to determine a Cloud to fulfill the request, and the at least one of the set of Cloud providers, by analyzing the profile of the requester from among a plurality of profiles from a plurality of requesters to find the request for the Cloud service and indicating an availability and capability to the requester.
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Abstract
The present invention provides approaches for Cloud roaming services. It allows Cloud services to be offered to requestors that are abstracted from the underlying Cloud provider used to fulfill those services. The present invention provides the ability for Cloud providers to be dynamically associated with currently available Cloud services for requestors. The system and method describes two scenarios—a pull and push model—to align requestor required services to currently available services from Cloud providers. The requestor has a profile determining a prioritized list of Cloud providers that may be used, OR the primary Cloud provider may outsource services to a partner cloud. The algorithm shows how the provider decides which requestors have access to which services—based on current utilization and forecast. Also, location, roaming, network bandwidth and requestor processing capabilities may be sent to the provider of Cloud services to determine whether a change is needed.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for providing Cloud roaming services in a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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receiving a request for a Cloud service from a requester in the Cloud computing environment; determining a set of Cloud providers capable of providing the requested Cloud service based on a profile of the requester and a capability of each of the set of Cloud providers; and making a selection to match the requester with at least one of the set of Cloud providers based upon a match between the profile and the capability, wherein the matching can be initiated and controlled by both the requester, by analyzing the set of Cloud providers to determine a Cloud to fulfill the request, and the at least one of the set of Cloud providers, by analyzing the profile of the requester from among a plurality of profiles from a plurality of requesters to find the request for the Cloud service and indicating an availability and capability to the requester. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A Cloud system for providing Cloud roaming services in a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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at least one memory device comprising instructions; a bus coupled to the at least one memory device; a processor coupled to the bus that when executing the instructions causes the Cloud system to; receive a request for a Cloud service from a requester in the Cloud computing environment; determine a set of Cloud providers capable of providing the requested Cloud service based on a profile of the requester and a capability of each of the set of Cloud providers; and make a selection to match the requester with at least one of the set of Cloud providers based upon a match between the profile and the capability, wherein the matching can be initiated and controlled by both the requester, by analyzing the set of Cloud providers to determine a Cloud to fulfill the request, and the at least one of the set of Cloud providers, by analyzing the profile of the requester from among a plurality of profiles from a plurality of requesters to find the request for the Cloud service and indicating an availability and capability to the requester. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable storage device containing a program product for providing Cloud roaming services in a Cloud computing environment, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer to:
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receive a request for a Cloud service from a requester in the Cloud computing environment; determine a set of Cloud providers capable of providing the requested Cloud service based on a profile of the requester and a capability of each of the set of Cloud providers; and make a selection to match the requester with at least one of the set of Cloud providers based upon a match between the profile and the capability, wherein the matching can be initiated and controlled by both the requester, by analyzing the set of Cloud providers to determine a Cloud to fulfill the request, and the at least one of the set of Cloud providers, by analyzing the profile of the requester from among a plurality of profiles from a plurality of requesters to find the request for the Cloud service and indicating an availability and capability to the requester. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for deploying a system for providing Cloud roaming services in a Cloud computing environment, comprising:
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providing a Cloud computing system being operable to; receive a request for a Cloud service from a requester in the Cloud computing environment; determine a set of Cloud providers capable of providing the requested Cloud service based on a profile of the requester and a capability of each of the set of Cloud providers; and make a selection to match the requester with at least one of the set of Cloud providers based upon a match between the profile and the capability, wherein the matching can be initiated and controlled by both the requester, by analyzing the set of Cloud providers to determine a Cloud to fulfill the request, and the at least one of the set of Cloud providers, by analyzing the profile of the requester from among a plurality of profiles from a plurality of requesters to find the request for the Cloud service and indicating an availability and capability to the requester.
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