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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:
Oct. 19, 2021

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 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/305 (2013.01); H04L 61/3065 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes provisioning, by a cloud provisioning server, a first instance based on a template. The template belongs to a tenant, and the first instance includes one of an instantiated software and an instantiated computing service. The method also includes determining a prefix. The determined prefix is shared by a second instance that is also provisioned based on the template of the tenant. The method also includes generating a name for the first provisioned instance. The generated name includes the determined prefix.


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