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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Carbone, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

John L. Czukkermann, LaGrangeville, NY (US);

Michael D. Essenmacher, Danbury, CT (US);

Kirsten B. McDonald, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Gary S. Puchkoff, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge, NY (US);

Hiren R. Shah, Highland, NY (US);

Brad D. Stilwell, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Andrew P. Wack, Millbrook, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/42 (2013.01); G06F 15/177 (2013.01); H04L 41/0843 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes provisioning, by a cloud provisioning server, an instance of a software resource or service for an end user. The provisioning is based on a template for the software resource or service. The template includes, at least, attribute data, and the attribute data is structured according to an action schema. The method also includes storing the action schema in association with the provisioned instance. The attribute data and the action schema determine at least one action of the provisioned instance. The method also includes performing the at least one action of the provisioned instance.


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