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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Victor Fong, Medford, MA (US);
Robert A. Lincourt, Franklin, MA (US);
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
An auction house for selling or auctioning, to consumers, private infrastructure that is configured for use as an edge station or a cloud-native cluster. The private infrastructure is configured for use in edge computing and is listed with the auction house. Bidding is performed and a winning bidder is awarded with the use of the private infrastructure. When listing, the hardware and/or other aspects of the private infrastructure are verified and the winning bidder receives a digital key that enables the winning bidder to use the private infrastructure in accordance with the auction and/or in accordance with a pricing model associated with the private infrastructure.