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Assignment of resources in virtual machine pools

US10241812B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23References

20Claims

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Bradley Gene Calder · Bellevue, US
Ju Wang · Redmond, US
Vaman Bedekar · Redmond, US
Sriram Sankaran · Bellevue, US
Marvin McNett, II · Redmond, US
Pradeep Kumar Gunda · Bellevue, US
Yang Zhang · San Diego, US
Shyam Antony · Bellevue, US
Kavitha Manivannan · Redmond, US
Hemal Khatri · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2209/5014
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for assigning and associating resources in a cloud computing environment. Virtual machines in the cloud computing environment can be assigned or associated with pools corresponding to users as dedicated, standby, or preemptible machines. The various states provide users with the ability to reserve a desired level of resources while also allowing the operator of the cloud computing environment to increase resource utilization.

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