Abstraction layer to cloud services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11706153-B2
Application number	US-202117370554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2021
Priority date	May 7, 2018
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing cloud computing resources from one or more cloud service providers for a client computing device through a computing platform. The client computing device may benefit from an economy of scale while being able to obtain different types of cloud services over a plurality of cloud providers. The client computing device may request an initial amount of cloud services and subsequently may request cloud services that utilize a requested amount of cloud resources. The requested amount of cloud resources may be apportioned among the plurality of cloud service providers, to provide the requested cloud service. The computing platform may also support a cloud abstraction layer interacting between client computing device and one or more cloud providers so that the client computing device can obtain cloud service in a transparent manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing platform, comprising:
at least one processor;
a cloud services interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor with at least one cloud service provider;
a client interface coupled to the at least one processor with at least one client computing device; and
at least one memory device storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
obtaining a procured amount of cloud resources that are available from the at least one cloud service provider;
receiving, from a first client computing device through the client interface, a first resource request for cloud computing resources, wherein the first resource request is indicative of an initial amount of client-assigned cloud resources;
when the initial amount of client-assigned cloud resources does not exceed the procured amount, granting the resource request by providing a first service credential to the first client computing device, wherein the first service credential is indicative of an identification of the first client computing device;
subsequently providing first cloud services to the first client computing device by a presentation, from the first client computing device, of the first service credential;
receiving, from the first client computing device, a first subletting request to sublet a first specified amount of client-assigned cloud resources to a second client computing device; and
when the first subletting request is approved,
providing a second service credential to the second client computing device;
adjusting an available amount of cloud resources for the first client computing device by the first specified amount; and
subsequently providing cloud services to the second client computing device by a presentation, from the second client computing device, of the second service credential.

2. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
receiving, from the first client computing device, a first service request, wherein the first service request includes the first service credential and is indicative of a first requested amount of client-assigned cloud resources;
validating the first service credential; and
in response to the validating the first service credential, when the first service credential is deemed valid and the first requested amount does not exceed the initial amount, providing the first cloud services to the first client computing device.

3. The computing platform of claim 2 , wherein the at least one cloud service provider comprises a first and second cloud service providers, wherein the first and second cloud service providers are different, and wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
partitioning the first requested amount of client-assigned cloud resources into a first portion and a second portion;
obtaining the first portion from the first cloud service provider; and
obtaining the second portion from the second cloud service provider.

4. The computing platform of claim 3 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
reducing the initial amount of client-assigned cloud resources by the first requested amount to obtain an available amount of client-assigned cloud facilities available to the first client computing device.

5. The computing platform of claim 4 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
receiving, from the first client computing device, a second service request, wherein the second service request includes a second requested amount of client-assigned cloud resources;
when the second requested amount does not exceed the reduced initial amount, providing second cloud services to the first client computing device; and
when the second requested amount exceeds the reduced initial amount, denying the second service request.

6. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
encrypting the first service credential based on an identification of first client computing device.

7. The computing platform of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
generating the first service credential by processing data through a hashing function, wherein the data is representative of at least one parameter associated with the first resource request.

8. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
adjusting the procured amount by an internal amount of cloud resources, wherein the internal amount is assigned to internal client computing devices and wherein restricted resources supported by the computing platform are provided only to the internal client computing devices.

9. The computing platform of claim 8 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
receiving, from a first client computing device through the client interface, a second resource request for an additional amount of cloud resources; and
when the additional amount of cloud resources does not exceed the adjusted procured amount, granting the second resource request.

10. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
modifying the first service credential based on the adjusted available amount of cloud resources; and
sending the modified first service credential to the first client computing device.

11. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
when the first specified amount exceeds the adjusted available amount of cloud resources, denying the first subletting request.

12. The computing platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory device stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to perform:
receiving, from the second client computing device, a second subletting request to sublet a second specified amount of client-assigned cloud resources to a third client computing device; and
when the second subletting request is approved,
sending a third service credential to the third client computing device;
adjusting a second available amount of cloud resources for the second client computing device by the second specified amount; and
subsequently providing cloud services to the third client computing device by a presentation, from the third client computing device, of

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Varma Jayachandra
• Kurian Manu
• Huang Lixian
• Gajjar Hemantkumar D
• Bonda Ganesh
• Rock Jr Floyd Franklin

Classifications

• H04L47/70 Primary

  Admission control; Resource allocation · CPC title

• H04L67/1012 Primary

  based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources · CPC title

• H04L67/51

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04L67/60

  Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources (admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70) · CPC title

• H04L47/781

  Centralised allocation of resources · CPC title