Virtual service switch
US8566447B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 9, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/4625
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Virtual service switching includes contracting to provide a requestor with a unit of computing capacity to a service within a specific time period, creating one or more plans based at least in part on the contracting, scheduling execution of the one or more plans using the computing capacity, and if a bid for at least part of the unit of computing capacity is received prior to the end of the specific time period, allocating at least part of the computing capacity based at least in part on the bid. Each of the one or more plans comprises software code and associated data.
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