Integration and customization of third-party services with remote computing infrastructure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020244549-A1
Application number	US-201916256509-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 24, 2019
Priority date	Jan 24, 2019
Publication date	Jul 30, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Various examples are described for the integration and customization of third-party applications and services with computing infrastructure of a data center. One or more computing devices can maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise. The one or more computing devices can identify existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service, identify third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure, present the third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment, and in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfigure the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.

First claim

Therefore, the following is claimed:

1 . A system for configuring infrastructure of a remote computing environment, comprising:
at least one computing device; program instructions stored in memory and executable in the at least one computing device that, when executed by the at least one computing device, direct the at least one computing device to:
maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise;
identify existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service;
identify a plurality of third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure;
present the plurality of third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment; and
in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfigure the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote computing environment is used to provide at least one of: an on-premise computing environment, a public cloud environment; a private cloud environment; a hybrid cloud environment; and a virtual desktop environment.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the third-party services are identified as being compatible based at least in part on compatibility criteria stored in a data store.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computing device is further directed to:
provide a portal comprising at least one user interface configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive a specification of: information associated with the one of the third-party services; and compatibility criteria of the one of the third-party services describing a compatibility of the one of the third-party services with infrastructure used by the remote computing environment.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the existing infrastructure comprises at least one of: hardware of a data center utilized in providing the at least one remote computing service and software of the data center utilized in providing the at least one remote computing service.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computing device is further directed to perform an ingestion process comprising presenting at least one user interface for configuration of the third-party services in association with the existing infrastructure.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of the ingestion process comprises navigating to a third-party network page associated with the third-party service, wherein at least one field of the third-party network page is prepopulated based at least in part on a setting received in the ingestion process prior to a navigation to the third-party network page.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium for configuring infrastructure of a remote computing environment, comprising program code executable in at least one computing device that, when executed by the at least one computing device, directs the at least one computing device to:
maintain a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise; identify existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service; identify a plurality of third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure; present the plurality of third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment; and in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfigure the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the remote computing environment is used to provide at least one of: an on-premise computing environment, a public cloud environment; a private cloud environment; a hybrid cloud environment; and a virtual desktop environment.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the third-party services are identified as being compatible based at least in part on compatibility criteria stored in a data store.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computing device is further directed to:
provide a portal comprising at least one user interface configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive a specification of: information associated with the one of the third-party services; and compatibility criteria of the one of the third-party services describing a compatibility of the one of the third-party services with infrastructure used by the remote computing environment.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the existing infrastructure comprises at least one of: hardware of a data center utilized in providing the at least one remote computing service and software of the data center utilized in providing the at least one remote computing service.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computing device is further directed to perform an ingestion process comprising presenting at least one user interface for configuration of the third-party services in association with the existing infrastructure.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein at least a portion of the ingestion process comprises navigating to a third-party network page associated with the third-party service, wherein at least one field of the third-party network page is prepopulated based at least in part on a setting received in the ingestion process prior to a navigation to the third-party network page.

15 . A computer-implemented method for configuring infrastructure of a remote computing environment, comprising:
maintaining a remote computing environment for an enterprise that provides at least one remote computing service on behalf of the enterprise; identifying existing infrastructure used by the remote computing environment in providing the at least one remote computing service; identifying a plurality of third-party services that are compatible with the existing infrastructure; presenting the plurality of third-party services in a console in association with operation of the remote computing environment; and in an instance in which one of the third-party services is selected for deployment in the console, automatically reconfiguring the remote computing environment to include the one of the third-party services selected.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the remote computing environment is used to provide at least one of: an on-premise computing environment, a public cloud environment; a private cloud environment; a hybrid cloud environment; and a virtual desktop environment.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the third-party services are identified as being compatible based at least in part on compatibility criteria stored in a data store.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising:
providing a portal comprising at least one user interface configured to, from an entity not associated with the remote computing environment, receive

Assignees

• Vmware Inc

Inventors

• Finch Travis
• Hirshfeld Zohar Schafir
• Huang Shanqiang
• Mcdonough Lawrence James

Classifications

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L67/51

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

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L41/5041 Primary

  characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service · CPC title

• H04L41/22

  comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title