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Service placement assistance

US11606269B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2022
Grant dateMar 14, 2023
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/827
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An example computing device is configured to receive, from a customer device, an indication of a plurality of resources and an indication of a plurality of customer services, each of the plurality of customer services being associated with a corresponding at least one requirement and a corresponding at least one constraint. The computing device is configured to automatically determine, for each requirement and each constraint, whether the requirement or the constraint can only be satisfied by a particular resource of the plurality of resources, and allocate, based on the determining, at least one resource of the plurality of resources to at least one customer service of the plurality of customer services. The example computing device is configured to provide, to the customer device and subsequent to the determining for every requirement and for every constraint, information to enable the customer device to provision the at least one customer service.

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