Method and system for third party resource provisioning management

US6871232B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey C. Curie · Tustin, US
• Kai Mildenberger · Los Angeles, US
• Frank Yeh · Anaheim, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system of provisioning resources from a central location via a third party resource provisioning management (RPM) service provider. Various levels of provisioning may be obtained. Organizations may obtain resource provisioning from a third party RPM resource provider using a third party server. At an affiliate level, various resource vendors may be part of a resource exchange, sharing resources with other affiliates within the exchange. At a public provisioning infrastructure level, an individual organization may obtain access to resources within the infrastructure, subject to receipt of a provisioning ticket and appropriate identity authentication.