Patent №
US 9,760,928
Granted
2017-09-12
Filed 2012
Owner
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13429985
Methods and apparatus for a cloud resource marketplace for third-party capacity are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resources of a primary network, and a resource manager. The resource manager implements a reservation interface allowing a client to select and reserve resources of the primary network. In response to a resell request from a third-party resource provider, requesting advertisement of the availability of a third-party resource via the reservation interface, the resource manager may determine whether to resell the third-party resource based on one or more acceptance criteria. In response to determining to resell the third-party resource, the resource manager may indicate, via the reservation interface, a pricing policy associated with the third-party resource, an interruptibility setting of the third-party resource, and a level of compatibility of the third-party resource with a control interface implemented to allow clients to perform operations on resources of the primary network.
AI classification
Ownership
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 280880868
Assignors
WARD, JR., DAVID JOHN, HELFRICH, BRIAN, NUNNERLEY, DAVID
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